unciatim
From LSJ
αὐτὸν κέκρουκας τὸν βατῆρα τοῦ λόγου → you have struck the very threshold of the argument, you have struck the most important and chiefmost point
Latin > English
unciatim ADV :: little by little; by twelfths
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
uncĭātim: adv. id.,
I by twelfths, by ounces. *
I Lit.: (axungia) datur et phthisicis unciatim, cum vini veteris hemina decocta, donec tres unciae e toto restent, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139.—*
II Transf., by a little at a time, little by little: quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo ... comparsit miser, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 9.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ūncĭātim (uncia), adv., once par once : Plin. 28, 139 || [fig.] sou par sou : Ter. Phorm. 43.
Latin > German (Georges)
ūnciātim, Adv. (uncia), zwölftelweise, unzenweise, Plin. 28, 139. Diom. 407, 3. – übtr., comparcere alqd, hellerweise, Ter. Phorm. 43.
