adverb

carptim

carptus, carpo (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic.)

by pieces; by detached parts; in parts ••

by pieces, by detached parts, in parts, separately: favos congerere in qualum, Col. 9, 15, 12: res gestas carptim perscribere, Sall. C. 4, 2 Kritz; cf. Plin. Ep. 6, 22, 2; 8, 4, 7: carptim divisis agris, into small pieces, Suet. Dom. 9: carptim breviterque perstringi, Plin. Pan. 25, 1 Schwarz.—

by metonymy

At different places; points; on different sides •

At different places or points, on different sides: aggredi, Liv. 44, 41, 7: carptim Poeni pugnavere, id. 22, 16, 2: superesse, Suet. Dom. 9.—

at different times; at one time and another; now and then •

Opp. to that which happens at once, at different times, at one time and another, now and then: ut ad stipendium petendum convenirent Carthaginem, seu carptim partes, seu universi mallent, Liv. 28, 25, 10: dimissi carptim ac singuli, Tac. H. 4, 46: si (corvi) carptim vocem resorbebunt, at intervals, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362.

Perseus ID: n6872 Key: carptim