offātim

adv.

id.

I. 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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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