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temporarius

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Latin

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Etymology

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From the oblique stem of tempora (the times), singular tempus (time, period, age, season) +‎ -ārius (-ary).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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temporārius (feminine temporāria, neuter temporārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. appropriate to the times, timely; according to the age; proper to the season, seasonable; trendy, fashionable, contemporary
  2. fitting to time and circumstance; opportune to the moment, kairos, window of opportunity dependent on a set of transient conditions
  3. transitory; ephemeral; mutable, adapting to conform to the era; aging, changing with the passage of time; mortal, material, worldly, secular
  4. temporal, temporary; limited to a finite period; lasting but for a set duration of time; bound by the chronological constraints of mortality, materialism

Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

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References

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  • temporarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temporarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temporarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1552.
  • temporarius in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3050