temere

See also: temeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin timēre. Compare Spanish temer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈme.re/

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• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: te‧mé‧re

Verb

temére (first-person singular present tèmo or (traditional) témo, first-person singular past historic temétti or (traditional) temètti or teméi, past participle temùto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive) to fear [transitive ‘something’; or with di (+ infinitive) ‘something happening’; or with che (+ subjunctive clause) ‘that something may happen’]
2. (intransitive) to fear, to be concerned [with per ‘about someone’; or with di ‘about someone/something’] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of temére (-ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	temére
auxiliary verb		avére	gerund		temèndo
present participle		temènte	past participle		temùto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	tèmo, témo1	tèmi, témi1	tème, téme1	temiàmo	teméte	tèmono, témono1
imperfect	temévo	temévi	teméva	temevàmo	temevàte	temévano
past historic	temétti, temètti1, teméi	temésti	temétte, temètte1, temé	temémmo	teméste	teméttero, temèttero1, temérono
future	temerò	temerài	temerà	temerémo	temeréte	temerànno
conditional	temerèi	temerésti	temerèbbe, temerébbe	temerémmo	temeréste	temerèbbero, temerébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tèma, téma1	tèma, téma1	tèma, téma1	temiàmo	temiàte	tèmano, témano1
imperfect	teméssi	teméssi	temésse	teméssimo	teméste	teméssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		tèmi, témi1	tèma, téma1	temiàmo	teméte	tèmano, témano1
negative imperative		non temére	non tèma, non téma1	non temiàmo	non teméte	non tèmano, non témano1

¹Traditional.

Synonyms

• avere paura

Related terms

• tema (“fear”)
• temerario (“reckless, rash”)
• temerità (“recklessness, rashness, temerity”)
• temersi (“to frighten each other, oneself”)
• temibile (“frightful, frightening, formidable”)
• timore

Anagrams

• Ermete

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”).

Compare this form – here simply adverbial – with the history of the Latin present active infinitive; see -ere.

Adverb

temere (not comparable)

1. by chance, by accident, at random

   Synonym: forte

2. without design, intent, or purpose
3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly

   Synonym: passim

   Dēcernimus ergō ut nūllī omnīnō hominum liceat vestrum coenobium temere perturbāre, aut eius possessiōnēs auferre, vel ablātās retinēre.

   We therefore decree that no man whatsoever shall be permitted to recklessly disturb your monastery, or to take away its possessions, or to retain those which have been taken away.

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 204–205:

     SĪMŌ: Irrīdēs? Nīl mē fallis. Ēdīcō tibi: / nē temere faciās; neque tū haud dīcās tibi nōn praedictum — Cavē!

     SIMO: Are you laughing at me? You’re not fooling me at all. I declare to you: don’t act rashly; and don’t you dare say that you weren’t warned — Beware!

Derived terms

• temerārius
• temeritās
• temeriter
• temeritūdō
• temerō

Related terms

• temerāriē
• temerātiō
• temerātor
• tenebrae

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^[1], 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

From teme +‎ -re.

Noun

temere f (plural temeri)

1. fear

   Synonyms: teamă, spaimă, frică

2. faintheartedness