letaliter
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom lētālis (“lethal, deadly”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈta.li.ter/, [ɫ̪ɛˈt̪älʲɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈta.li.ter/, [leˈt̪äːlit̪er]
Adverb
editlētāliter (comparative lētālius, superlative lētālissimē)
- lethally, mortally
- c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.5:
- et quia languente dextera, letaliter ferire non potuit, iam districtum mucronem in proprium latus inpegit.
References
edit- “letaliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- letaliter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.