offatim

Latin

Etymology

From offa +‎ -tim.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ofˈfaː.tim/, [ɔfˈfäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ofˈfa.tim/, [ofˈfäːt̪im]

Adverb

offātim (not comparable)

1. in or to pieces
   • c. 254 BCE – 184 BCE, Plautus, Truculentus 2,7,52 :

     jam hercle ego tē hīc hāc (machaerā) offātim conficiam.

     Here and now, by Hercules, will I hew you to pieces with this (sword)!

References

• “offatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press