extemplo

Latin

Etymology

From archaic extempulo, via syncope, from ex- +‎ *tempulum, the latter from tempus (“time”) + -ulus (diminutive ending). Compare the expression ex tempore.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstem.ploː/, [ɛkˈs̠t̪ɛmpɫ̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ekˈstem.plo/, [ekˈst̪ɛmplo]

Adverb

extemplō (not comparable)

1. immediately, forthwith

   Synonyms: propere, mox, repente, statim, raptim, confestim, brevi, breviter

References

• “extemplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “extemplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• extemplo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.