pedetemptim

Latin

FWOTD – 12 September 2018

Etymology

From pes (“foot”) +‎ temptō (“to touch”) +‎ -im.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈtemp.tim/, [pɛd̪ɛˈt̪ɛmpt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈtemp.tim/, [ped̪eˈt̪ɛmpt̪im]

Adverb

pedetemptim (comparative pedetemptius, superlative pedetemptissimē)

1. gradually, cautiously, step-by-step
   • 3rd–2nd century BCE, Cato the Elder:

     Eam ego viam pedetemptim temptabam.

     I myself was cautiously attempting this path.

   Synonyms: paulātim, gradātim

Alternative forms

• pedetentim

References

• “pedetemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pedetemptim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pedetemptim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.