ad litteram

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin ad litteram. === Adverb === ad litteram (not comparable) To the letter. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “ad litteram”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. “ad litteram”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. == Latin == === Etymology === From ad (“to”) + litteram (“(the) letter”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈlɪt.tɛ.rãː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈad ˈlit.te.ram] === Adverb === ad litteram word-for-word, literally ==== Synonyms ==== verbatim ad verbum ==== Descendants ==== === References === “ad litteram”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/quintilian/quintilian.institutio9.shtml == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌad ˈliteɾam/ [ˌað̞ ˈli.t̪e.ɾãm] Syllabification: ad lit‧te‧ram === Adverb === ad litteram alternative form of ad lítteram === Further reading === “ad litteram”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025