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paulatim
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Lewis Short
(adverb) : paulātim (paull-), paulum
* By little and little, by degrees, gradually (syn. sensim).
* Lit.: labefacto paulatim,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire,Caes. B. G. 1, 33: collis leviter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat,id. ib. 2, 8; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1: ubi paulatim licentia crevit,Sall. C. 51, 30; Verg. E. 4, 28: paulatim adnabam terrae,id. A. 6, 358: calere,Juv. 1, 83: aliquem accipere,id. 2, 84: vitia exuere,id. 13, 188.
* In partic., of the succession of parts one after the other, a few or a little at a time: paulatim ex castris discedere coeperunt, non omnes simul, sed subinde pauci,Caes. B. G. 4, 30; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45; Dig. 49, 14, 47.—With gen.: aquae paulatim addito,add water a little at a time,Cato, R. R. 74.
* By little and little, by degrees, gradually (syn. sensim).
* Lit.: labefacto paulatim,Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire,Caes. B. G. 1, 33: collis leviter fastigatus paulatim ad planitiem redibat,id. ib. 2, 8; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1: ubi paulatim licentia crevit,Sall. C. 51, 30; Verg. E. 4, 28: paulatim adnabam terrae,id. A. 6, 358: calere,Juv. 1, 83: aliquem accipere,id. 2, 84: vitia exuere,id. 13, 188.
* In partic., of the succession of parts one after the other, a few or a little at a time: paulatim ex castris discedere coeperunt, non omnes simul, sed subinde pauci,Caes. B. G. 4, 30; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45; Dig. 49, 14, 47.—With gen.: aquae paulatim addito,add water a little at a time,Cato, R. R. 74.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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