tempus

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Noun[edit]

tempus

  1. (linguistics) tense

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *tempos (stretch), from the root *temp- (to stetch, string), whence also templum (shrine) and tempora. Originally the word meant "what is stretched, stretching" > "stretch (of time)" > "time, occasion".

Noun[edit]

tempus (genitive temporis); n, third declension

  1. time, period, age
    • 63 BCE, Cicero, Catiline Orations (Latin text and English translations here)
      O tempora, o mores! Senatus haec intellegit, consul videt; hic tamen vivit. Vivit?
      Shame on the age and on its principles! The senate is aware of these things; the consul sees them; and yet this man lives. Lives!
    • 397-401, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessiones, Liber IV
      per idem tempus annorum novem, ab undevicensimo anno aetatis meae usque ad duodetricensimum, seducebamur et seducebamus
      During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray.
Inflection[edit]
Number Singular Plural
nominative tempus tempora
genitive temporis temporum
dative temporī temporibus
accusative tempus tempora
ablative tempore temporibus
vocative tempus tempora
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *ten- (temple of the head), related to Latin templum (temple, temple of the head). Cognate with Old English þunwang (temple of the head), Middle High German tinne, tinge (forehead, temples).

Noun[edit]

tempus (genitive tempōris); n, third declension

  1. (anatomy) temple (of the head)
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Etymology 3[edit]

Probably from tempus (time)

Noun[edit]

tempus (genitive tempi); m, second declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, rare) weather
Inflection[edit]
Number Singular Plural
nominative tempus tempī
genitive tempī tempōrum
dative tempō tempīs
accusative tempum tempōs
ablative tempō tempīs
vocative tempe tempī
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