carptim, adv. [carptus, carpo] (in the ante-Aug. per. very rare; not in Cic.),
I 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.—
II Meton.
A At different places or points , on different sides : aggredi, Liv. 44, 41, 7: carptim Poeni pugnavere, id. 22, 16, 2: superesse, Suet. Dom. 9.—
B 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.