ostiatim

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

ostĭātim, adv. [ostium].

I Lit., from door to door , from house to house (class.): ostiatim oppidum compilare, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: agere crimen, to enumerate the several houses where a crime was perpetrated , id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § 48: nec scrutanda singula et velut ostiatim pulsanda, Quint. 5, 10, 112.—

II Transf., by particulars or details (post-class.): quicumque ostiatim cupit noscere ( wishes to know the particulars ), legat, Vop. Carin. 17.

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