tempero
Latin
Etymology
From tempus (“time”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtem.pe.roː/, [ˈtɛm.pɛ.roː]
Verb
temperō (present infinitive temperāre, perfect active temperāvī, supine temperātum); first conjugation
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References
- tempero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tempero in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tempero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimem
- to give the state a constitution: rem publicam legibus et institutis temperare (Tusc. 1. 1. 2)
- to be hardly able to restrain one's tears: vix mihi tempero quin lacrimem
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tẽˈperu/
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Probably derived regressively from the verb temperar. May correspond to a Vulgar Latin *temperium, from Latin temperies (compare Catalan temper, temperi, Occitan and Old French tempier, Italian temperie).
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