(adverb) : prīvātim, id..
* In gen., apart from State affairs, for one's self, as an individual, in private, privately, in a private capacity (opp. publice; class.): eloquentiā et privatim et publice homines perverse abutuntur,Cic. Inv. 1, 4, 5: aut privatim gerere aliquid malunt, aut capessunt rem publicam,id. Fin. 5, 20, 57: privatim mandare rem alicui,id. Rosc. Am. 39, 114: in peregrino quaeritur, privatimne an publice venerit,id. Off. 1, 41, 149: nec societatem tibi quippiam debere nec privatim Quintium debuisse, id. Quint. 4, 15: privatim degeneres, in publicum exitiosi,Tac. A. 11, 17: privatim et publice rapere vasa caelata,Sall. C. 11, 6: publice privatimque gratiam petere,Caes. B. G. 5, 53: fidem sanctam habuit tam privatim, quam publice,towards individuals,Gell. 20, 1, 39; opp. publicitus,Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 80: qui privatim plus possint quam ipsi magistratus,Caes. B. G. 1, 17: nulla me ipsum privatim pepulit insignis injuria,Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 2; Liv. 5, 30: Fabius infestus privatim Papirio erat,personally,id. 9, 38.
* In partic.
* Apart, separately, especially, particularly (post-Aug.): de iis privatim condidit volumen Amometus,Plin. 6, 17, 20, § 55: oleum cicinum privatim dicitur purgare praecordia,id. 23, 4, 41, § 83: appellatione privatim sibi assignatā,Quint. 8, 2, 5.
* At home: nec privatim se tenuit, in foro inambulavit,Liv. 23, 7, 10.

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