vicissim

Latin

Etymology

From vicis +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /u̯iˈkis.sim/, [u̯ɪˈkɪs̠ːɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /viˈt͡ʃis.sim/, [viˈt͡ʃisːim]

Adverb

vicissim (not comparable)

1. in turn, back, again
   • 29-19BC, Vergilius, Aeneis; Book VI, line 494

   Sed te qui vivum casus, age, fare vicissim, attulerint. ― But answer you; and in your turn relate, what brought you living still.

References

• “vicissim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “vicissim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vicissim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.