generatim

Latin

Etymology

genus, gener- (“kind”) +‎ -ātim

Adverb

generātim (not comparable)

1. by kinds, species, tribes, classes or divisions
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico VII.19:

     Generatimque distributi in civitates

     and being distributed in tribes according to their respective states

2. in general, generally

References

• “generatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “generatim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “generatim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.