extempŭlo

extempulō, s. extemplo.

extemplō, Adv. (ex u. templum u. zwar in zeitlicher Bedeutung = kleiner Zeitabschnitt, Augenblick, vgl. ex tempore), alsbald, sogleich, im Augenblick, Ter., Cic. u.a.: cum extemplo, sobald als, Plaut.: ext.... mox, Liv.: ext.... mox... postremo, Liv. – Gedehnte Nbf. extempulō, Plaut. aul. 93 u. ö. (s. Brix Plaut. mil. 462).

extemplō (original uncontracted form extempŭlo, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 15; id. Cist. 1, 1, 98; 2, 3, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 44; id. Mil. 2, 5, 51; id. Poen. 1, 1, 55), adv. [from ex and tempulum, dim. of templum, in a moment, an instant; hence, like ex tempore], immediately, straightway, forthwith, quickly, without delay (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; in Plaut. more than sixty times; only once in Cic.; not in Caes. or Quint.; syn.: repente, subito, statim, continuo).

In gen.: verrunt extemplo placidum mare, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.):

extemplo me necato et filiam,

id. in Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll.;

Trag. v. 234 ed. Vahl.): quin occidisti extemplo?

Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 3: erubescit: quid respondeat nescit: quid fingat extemplo non habet, * Cic. Rosc. Com. 3, 8;

alii gerendum (bellum) extemplo, antequam, etc.,

Liv. 41, 1, 1:

haec extemplo in invidiam, mox etiam in perniciem verterunt,

id. 39, 48, 1;

so with mox and postremo,

id. 40, 48, 6:

dixit et extemplo sensit, etc.,

Verg. A. 2, 376 et saep.—

Esp.

Corresp. to the temporal and conditional particles ubi, ut, cum, quando, postquam, si.—With ubi:

eaque extemplo, ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 80; so id. Capt. 3, 4, 27; Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13. —With ut:

utque impulit (Turnus) arma: Extemplo turbati animi, etc.,

Verg. A. 8, 3; so Plin. Pan. 55, 9.—With cum:

cum... extemplo,

Curt. 4, 16, 8.—With quando, etc.:

adambulabo ad ostium, ut, quando exeat, Extemplo, etc.,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 9:

postquam introii, extemplo ejus morbum cognovi miser,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 13.—With si: si umquam... extemplo, etc., Naev. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 6; so Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; id. Rud. 2, 3, 74; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24 al.—

In Plaut. repeatedly: quom (or quoniam) extemplo = epei tachista, as soon as:

aedes quom extemplo sunt paratae... laudant fabrum,

Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 70; id. Ps. 3, 2, 15:

quom extemplo ad forum advenero, omnes loquentur, etc.,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 6; cf. id. Trin. 3, 2, 99.—

At once, i. e. at first = primum (very rare), Liv. 22, 12, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; Stat. Ach. 2, 88.—See Hand, Turs. II. pp. 669- 674.