unciatim

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φοβοῦ τὸ γῆρας, οὐ γὰρ ἔρχεται μόνον → fear old age, for it never comes alone

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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.