Latin

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Etymology

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From templum (temple, shrine) +‎ -ātim (adverb forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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templātim (not comparable)

  1. towards the temple, through the temples
    • first century-second century AD, Tertullian, chapter 42, in Apologeticum:
      Denique porrigat manum Iupiter et accipiat, cum interim plus nostra misericordia insumit vicatim quam vestra religio templatim.
      Let thus Jupiter stretch his hand and finally get, when as for now, our faith (compassion) spends more in the streets than yours in the temples.

References

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