offatim

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

offātim, adv. [offa],

in bits , by bits or little pieces (ante- and post-class.): jam hercle ego te hic hac (machaerā) offatim conficiam, Plaut. Truc. 2, 7, 52; Isid. Orig. 20, 2.