temere

See also: temeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Verb

temere

1. to fear
2. to beware

Synonyms

• avere paura

Related terms

Related terms

• tema (“fear”)
• temerario (“reckless, rash”)
• temerità (“recklessness, rashness, temerity”)

• temersi (“to frighten each other, oneself”)
• temibile (“frightful, frightening, formidable”)
• timore

---

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”).

Adverb

temere (not comparable)

1. by chance, by accident, at random
2. without design, intent, or purpose
3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly

Derived terms

• temerārius
• temeritās
• temeriter

• temeritūdō
• temerō

Related terms

• temerāriē
• temerātiō

• temerātor
• tenebrae

Descendants

• → English: temerity
• Italian: temerarietà

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

teme +‎ -re

Noun

temere f (plural temeri)

1. fear
2. faintheartedness

Synonyms

• (fear): teamă, spaimă, frică