Etymologically

pagatim

Etymology and origin of the Latin word pagatim

Confidence
Established
Formation
Derivation
First attested
Livy
Ultimate origin
Latin (pāgus)
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin pagus
Latin pagatim

Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [paːˈɡaː.tĩː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [paˈɡaː.tim][1]

Forms

pāgātim (not comparable)[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin pāgus (“district, village”) + -ātim, an adverb.[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

Its earliest source is Livy, templa pāgātim sacrāta “temples consecrated village by village”.[3][4] Köbler dates Livy 59 BC–17 AD.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant by villages or districts, in every village, as in Livy, in contrast to people gathered into one city.[2][3][5]

Timeline

  • 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it.[3][4]

Meanings

Adverb

  1. By villages or districts.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Cite this entry

“Pagatim.” Etymologically, 17 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/pagatim. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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