sensim
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From sentiō (“discern, perceive”) + -tim.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsen.sim/, [ˈs̠ẽːs̠ɪ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsen.sim/, [ˈsɛnsim]
Adverb edit
sēnsim (not comparable)
References edit
- “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sensim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to retreat step by step: gradum sensim referre
- to retreat step by step: gradum sensim referre