taxim

Latin

Etymology 1

From tangō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.sim/, [ˈt̪äks̠ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtak.sim/, [ˈt̪äksim]

Adverb

taxim (not comparable)

1. little by little, gradually

   Synonyms: minūtātim, sēnsim, paulātim

Etymology 2

Verb

tāxim

1. (Old Latin) first-person singular sigmatic aorist active subjunctive of tangō

Usage notes

See explanation at tangō.

References

• “taxim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• taxim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.