assŭlātim, adv. [assula],
in shivers or splinters , piecemeal : Aperite hasce ambas forīs Prius quam pultando assulatim foribus exitium dabo, Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 52: hunc senem Osse tenus dolabo et concidam assulatim viscera, will cut to bits , id. Men. 5, 2, 105 Brix: sumere cibum, Auct. ap. Non. p. 72, 24.