statim

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

stō (to stand) +‎ -tim (adverbial suffix)

Adverb

statim (not comparable)

  1. stably, in a constant manner
  2. at once, immediately
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.2:
      perdomita Britannia et statim omissa
      Britain was thoroughly subdued and immediately abandoned
  3. then (at that time)

References

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