statim

Latin

Alternative forms

stat

Etymology

stō (“to stand”) +‎ -tim (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tim/, [ˈs̠t̪ät̪ɪ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsta.tim/, [ˈst̪äːt̪im]

Adverb

statim (not comparable)

stably, in a constant manner
at once, immediately
Synonyms: cōnfestim, continuō, extemplō, īlicō, prōtinus
- c. 100 CE – 110 CE, Tacitus, Histories 1.2:
  perdomita Britannia et statim omissa
  Britain was thoroughly subdued and immediately abandoned
then (at that time)

Descendants

→ English: stat

References

“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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