scissim

Latin

Etymology

From scindō (“I cut, tear, rend”) (supine scissum) +‎ -tim (adverb-forming suffix).

Adverb

scissim (not comparable)

1. (Late Latin) by rending, cleaving, or dividing

References

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