tempter
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
tempter (plural tempters)
- Someone or something that tempts.
- A seducer, especially a man who seduces.
- He is a tempter of married women.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
tempter
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of temptō
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin tempto
Verb [edit]
tempter
- (early Anglo-Norman) to tempt; to act as a temptation
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
- Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
- A third of you were very tempted
- Li tierz de vus mult ert temptez
- circa 1110,, Benedeit, Le Voyage de saint Brandan:
Conjugation [edit]
- Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of tempter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tempter | avoir tempté, temptez | |||||
| gerund | en temptant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | temptant | ||||||
| past participle | tempté, temptez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tempte, tempt | temptes, tempts | tempte, tempt | temptons | temptez, temptés | temptent |
| imperfect | temptoe, tempteie, temptoie | temptoes, tempteies, temptoies | temptot, tempteit, temptoit | temptions, temptiions | temptiez, temptiiez | temptoent, temptient, temptoient | |
| past historic | temptai | temptas | tempta | temptames | temptastes | tempterent | |
| future | tempterai | tempteras | temptera | tempterons | tempterez, temptereiz | tempteront | |
| conditional | tempteroe, temptereie, tempteroie | tempteroes, temptereies, tempteroies | tempterot, temptereie, tempteroie | tempterions, tempteriions | tempteriez, tempteriiez | tempteroent, temptereient, tempteroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | tempte, tempt | temptes, tempts | tempte, tempt | temptons | temptez | temptent |
| imperfect | temptasse | temptasses | temptast | temptissons | temptissez, temptissiez | temptassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | tempte | — | temptons | temptez | — | ||
Descendants [edit]
- English: to tempt