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membratim

membratim, piecemeal, singly, severally

membrātim, adv. [membrum], by limbs or members, in the limbs, limb by limb, from member to member.
  • I Lit.: membratim vitalem deperdere sensum, Lucr. 3, 527: nunc peractis malis, quae membratim sentiuntur, dicemus de his, quae totis corporibus grassantur, in single limbs, Plin. 26, 11, 67, § 107: caedere, in pieces, id. 9, 15, 18, § 48.—
  • II Transf., piecemeal, singly, severally.
    • A In gen.: membratim enumerare, Varr. R. R. 1, 22; cf.: animalium naturae generatim membratimque ita se habent, Plin. 12 praef. § 1: gestum negotium, Cic. Part. 35, 121.—
    • B In partic., of speech, in little clauses, in short sentences: dicere, Cic. Or. 63, 212; 67, 223; cf.: membratim caesimque dicere, Quint. 9, 4, 126: narrare, id. 9, 4, 127.

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