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pedetemtim

pedetemtim, pedetemptim [CL] 1 step by step, gradually, cautiously (also fig). 671 haec idcirco, carissime pater, cursim ~temptim perstrinximus Aldh. Ep. 1 p. 478; ~temtim quemque ad culmen subire virtutem Bede Luke 400; auriculas horum peditemtim tange canendo Alcuin Carm. 4. 50; a ‘pede’ et ‘tento’, ~tentim Id. Gram. 886B; praeteriens notos pedetemptim transit Alanos, / tandem pacatos devenit adusque Sicambros Frith. 1230; fames ~tentim convaluit, et obsessos ut equos et asinos et si quid aliud immundum erat devorarent compulit Ord. Vit. IX 10 p. 546; rex iturus contra regem pedetemptim properet (Vers. Wint.) Hist. Chess 514; circuitum civitatis ~tentim et caute ‥ perlustrarent G. Steph. 28; cepit convalescere, pedes et crura extendere, et ~temtim ambulare, cunctisque videntibus et Deum laudantibus gradus ascendere Canon. G. Sempr. f. 166; ~tentim, pas pur pas Teaching Latin I 158; 1358 ~tentim pertranseunt (v. divinus 6a). 2 step for step, closely, close behind. conglobati capellanis ~tempim adherebant Ord. Vit. VI 10 p. 98; nuncius Bertrade noverce illius ~tentim illum secutus est et apices ‥ Henrico regi largitus est Ib. XI 9 p. 195; estas calore asperrima messes ad maturitatem perduxit, cui similis autumnus ~temptim successit Ib. XI 15 p. 216.

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