literally Copy link • literally: ad litteram, ad verbum: v. letter (II.). Phr.: to take anything l. or figuratively, *quod scriptum est ex proprio verborum sensu aut per translationem accipere. cf. figurative.
LITERALLY Copy link • LITERALLYad verbum, ad litteram: to translate litterally, verbum de or e verbo exprimere; verbum pro verbo reddere; ad verbum exprimere (e.g., de Graecis, Cic.)