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adverb

uncĭātim

by twelfths; by ounces
by twelfths, by ounces. *
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Lit.: (axungia) datur et phthisicis unciatim, cum vini veteris hemina decocta, donec tres unciae e toto restent, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139.—*
by a little at a time; little by little by extension •
Transf., by a little at a time, little by little: quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo ... comparsit miser, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 9.
Perseus ID: n49740 Key: unciatim