temere

See also: temeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teˈme.re/

Verb

temere

  1. to fear
  2. to beware

Conjugation
    Conjugation of temere
infinitive temere
auxiliary verb avere gerund temendo
present participle temente past participle temuto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present temo temi teme temiamo temete temono
imperfect temevo temevi temeva temevamo temevate temevano
past historic temei temesti temette, temé tememmo temeste temettero, temerono
future temerò temerai temerà temeremo temerete temeranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present temerei temeresti temerebbe temeremmo temereste temerebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tema tema tema temiamo temiate temano
imperfect temessi temessi temesse temessimo temeste temessero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
temi, non temere tema temiamo temete temano

Synonyms
→
  • temersi (“to frighten each other, oneself”)
  • temibile (“frightful, frightening, formidable”)
  • timore

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *temezi (“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमस् (támas), Persian تم‎ (tam), Latin tenebrae (“darkness”).

Adverb

temere (not comparable)

  1. by chance, by accident, at random
  2. without design, intent, or purpose
  3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  • temere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    • to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    • to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti

Romanian

Etymology

teme +‎ -re

Noun

temere f (plural temeri)

  1. fear
  2. faintheartedness

Synonyms
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