-atim

Borrowed from Latin -ātim.

• enPR: -ātĭm, IPA^(key): /-eɪtɪm/

-atim

1. Changes a component into an adverb meaning "by that component."

• IMTA, TMAI, Tami, amit

Originally from the accusative singular ending -tim of nouns descended from PIE nouns using the suffix Proto-Indo-European *-tis like pars; later extended with the first conjugation perfect passive participial suffix -ātus.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tim/, [ˈäːt̪ɪ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tim/, [ˈäːt̪im]

-ātim

1. Adverbial suffix denoting something being in the form of a noun

   nōmen (“name”) → nōminātim (“by name”)

   oppidum (“town”) → oppidātim (“in every town”)

2. -meal

   gradus (“step”) → gradātim (“step by step”)

   littera (“letter”) → litterātim (“letter by letter”)