disertim

Latin

Etymology

Apparently from dis- +‎ *artim, originally meaning "without cunning fabrication", thus "clearly".[1] Alternatively, De Vaan connects it to serō (“to join together”).[2]

Pronunciation

Adverb

disertim (not comparable)

  1. clearly, distinctly

References

  • disertim in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • disertim in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “disertim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  1. ^ Kanehiro Nishimura (2022) “Lat. disertus revisited”, in Latomus‎[1], volume 81, number 3, pages 591–598
  2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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