pectinatim

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

pectĭnātim, adv. [pecten],

in the form of a comb , like the teeth of a comb : cuniculatim, pectinatim divisa, Plin. 9, 33, 52, § 103: digitis pectinatim inter se implexis, id. 28, 6, 17, § 59 (cf.: digitis inter se pectine junctis, Ov. M. 9, 299): serrati (dentes) pectinatim coëuntes, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160; so, pectinatim stipante se dentium serie, id. 8, 25, 37, § 89; 8, 21, 30, § 75; Vitr. 1, 5.