statim

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

By surface analysis, stō (“to stand”) +‎ -tim (adverbial suffix). Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂tis.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

statim (not comparable)

  1. (pre-classical) firmly, steadily, steadfastly
    • 239 BCE – 169 BCE, Ennius, Aiax (Nonius Marcellus., p. 393.7–16 M. = 630 L.):
      qui rem cum Achivis gesserunt statim
      • 2018 translation by Sander M. Goldberg and Gesine Manuwald
        they who fought steadfastly with the Achaeans
  2. at once, immediately
    Synonyms: cōnfestim, continuō, extemplō, īlicō, prōtinus
    • c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Historiae 1.2:
      perdomita Britannia et statim omissa
      Britain was thoroughly subdued and immediately abandoned
  3. then (at that time)

Descendants

  • → English: stat

References

  1. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125: “*sth₂-tí- ‘standing, erection’ [cf. Skt sthíti-' stay, sojourn', Grk stásis ‘place, setting, erection [of a statue]’, Lat statim ‘firmly, steadfastly'”
  2. ^ Wodtko, Dagmar S.; Irslinger, Britta; Schneider, Carolin (2008), “*(-)sth₂-ti-”, in Nomina im indogermanischen Lexikon [Nouns in the Indo-European Lexicon]‎[1] (in German), Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, page 640
  • “statim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “statim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “statim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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