letaliter

letaliter

Latin

Etymology

From lētālis (“lethal, deadly”) +‎ -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /leˈta.li.ter/, [ɫ̪ɛˈt̪älʲɪt̪ɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈta.li.ter/, [leˈt̪äːlit̪er]

Adverb

lētāliter (comparative lētālius, superlative lētālissimē)

1. lethally, mortally
   • c. 390 CE, Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 14.5:

     et quia languente dextera, letaliter ferire non potuit, iam districtum mucronem in proprium latus inpegit.

   • c. 310 CE – c. 394 CE, Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 27:

     nec contenta ictos letaliter ire per artus, / coniungit mortes una sagitta duas.

     and not content to lethally drive its course through the stricken limbs, a single arrow deals two deaths at once.

References

• “letaliter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• letaliter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette