sensim

From sentiō (“discern, perceive”) +‎ -tim.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsẽː.sĩː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsɛn.sim]

sēnsim (not comparable)

1. gradually, slowly, gently, gingerly

• “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sensim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sensim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to retreat step by step: gradum sensim referre