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ostĭātim , adv. id..
I. Lit., from door to door, from house to house (class.): “ostiatim oppidum compilare,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 53: “agere crimen,to enumerate the several houses where a crime was perpetrated, id. ib. 2, 4, 22, § “48: nec scrutanda singula et velut ostiatim pulsanda,Quint. 5, 10, 112.—
II. Transf., by particulars or details (post-class.): quicumque ostiatim cupit noscere (wishes to know the particulars), legat, Vop. Carin. 17.
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.53
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 5, 10.112
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