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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>paulātim</b>: (paull-), adv. [[paulum]],<br /><b>I</b> by [[little]] and [[little]], by degrees, [[gradually]] (syn. [[sensim]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[labefacto]] [[paulatim]], Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 68: [[paulatim]] Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire, Caes. B. G. 1, 33: [[collis]] [[leviter]] [[fastigatus]] [[paulatim]] ad planitiem redibat, id. ib. 2, 8; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 17, 1: ubi [[paulatim]] [[licentia]] crevit, Sall. C. 51, 30; Verg. E. 4, 28: [[paulatim]] adnabam terrae, id. A. 6, 358: calere, Juv. 1, 83: aliquem accipere, id. 2, 84: vitia exuere, id. 13, 188.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., of the [[succession]] of parts one [[after]] the [[other]], a [[few]] or a [[little]] at a [[time]]: [[paulatim]] ex castris discedere coeperunt, non omnes [[simul]], sed [[subinde]] [[pauci]], Caes. B. G. 4, 30; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 45; Dig. 49, 14, 47.—With gen.: aquae [[paulatim]] addito, [[add]] [[water]] a [[little]] at a [[time]], [[Cato]], R. R. 74.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>paulātim</b>⁸ <b>(paull-)</b>, peu à peu, insensiblement : Cæs. G. 1, 33, 3 ; Cic. Cæcil. 68 &#124;&#124; [[paulatim]] aquæ addito [[Cato]] Agr. 74, tu verseras de l’eau peu à peu.||[[paulatim]] aquæ addito [[Cato]] Agr. 74, tu verseras de l’eau peu à peu.
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{{Georges
|georg=paulātim (paullatim), Adv. I) [[allmählich]], [[nach]] und [[nach]], [[gemach]], a) [[örtlich]]: [[locus]] erat castrorum [[editus]] et paul. ab [[imo]] [[acclivis]], Caes.: colles paul. rarescunt, Tac. – b) [[zeitlich]]: paul. consuescere Germanos Rhenum transire, Caes.: paul. [[licentia]] crevit, Sall.: si paul. [[haec]] [[consuetudo]] serpere ac prodire coeperit, Cic. – II) [[einzeln]], [[stückweise]], discedere ex castris, [[einer]] [[nach]] dem anderen, Caes. b. G. 4, 20, 3: locare, ICt. – m. Genet., aquae [[paulatim]] addito, füge einzelweise [[Wasser]] [[hinzu]], [[Cato]] r. r. 74.
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