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  • 1 Extempore

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  • 2 extemporālis

        extemporālis e, adj.    [ex+tempus], off hand, on the spur of the moment: audacia, Ta.
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    extemporalis, extemporale ADJ
    unpremeditated, extempore, ad lib; of a person speaking off the cuff

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  • 3 subitō

        subitō adv.    [subitus], suddenly, immediately, unexpectedly, at once, off-hand: subito tanta te impendent mala, T.: subito atque inproviso: ex oculis fugit, V.: nostras ad aurīs venire, O.: quod serenā nocte subito luna defecisset: opprimi, L.: dicere, extempore: tam subito copias contrahere, so quickly, N.
    * * *
    suddenly, unexpectedly; at once, at short notice, quickly; in no time at all

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  • 4 tempus

        tempus ōris, n    a portion of time, time, period, season, interval: tempus diei, daytime, T.: extremum diei: omni tempore anni: maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, Cs.: abiit illud tempus: tempus duorum mensum petere, L.: longo post tempore, interval, V.: tempus pacis an belli: matutina tempora, morning hours.—A time, point of time, occasion, opportunity, leisure: neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: nisi tempus et spatium datum sit: egeo tempore: eo tempore, quo, etc., L.: id temporis, at that time: alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi: edendi, H.: datum ad consultandum, L.: certis temporibus: superioribus temporibus.—Time, duration: tempus est... pars quaedam aeternitatis, etc.: Tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri, i. e. gradually, O.—The time, fit season, appointed time, right occasion, proper period, opportunity: tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam: addubitavit, an consurgendi iam triariis tempus esset, L.: moriendi: tempore igitur ipso se ostenderunt, cum, etc., at the nick of time: tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere, it is the right time: nunc corpora curare tempus est, L. Tempus abire tibist, H.: suo tempore, at a fitting time.—A time, position, state, condition, times, circumstances: in hoc tempore, under present circumstances: in tali tempore, L.: incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.: libri de temporibus meis: cedere tempori, to yield to circumstances: secundis Temporibus dubiisque, H.: haud sane temporum homo, Cu.—In the phrase, temporis causā, with regard to circumstances, under momentary influence, out of courtesy, insincerely: temporis causā nobis adsentiri: nec dico temporis causā.—A time, need, emergency, extremity: quid a me cuiusque tempus poscat: neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt: summo rei p. tempore: pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare, S.: O saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte, to the last extremity, H.: temporis gratiā, to meet the emergency, Cu.—In rhythm or metre, time, measure, quantity: qui (trochaeus) temporibus et intervallis est par iambo: Tempora certa modique, H.—Esp., in phrases with praepp.—Ad tempus, at the right time, in time, punctually: ad tempus redire: ad tempus venire, L.—For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment: quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus: dux ad tempus lectus, L.—Ante tempus, before the right time, prematurely, too soon: ante tempus mori: ante tempus domo digressus, S.—Ex tempore, instantaneously, off hand, on the spur of the moment, extempore: versūs fundere ex tempore.—According to circumstances: consilium ex tempore capere: haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues.—In tempore, at the right time, opportunely, in time: in ipso tempore eccum ipsum, in the nick of time, T.—In tempus, for a time, temporarily: scena in tempus structa, Ta.—Pro tempore, as the time permits, according to circumstances: consilium pro tempore capere, Cs.: te marmoreum pro tempore fecimus, V.
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    I II
    time, condition, right time; season, occasion; necessity

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  • 5 extemporalis

    extempŏrālis, e, adj. [ex tempore, v. tempus, C.], on the spur of the moment, without preparation, extempore, extemporary, extemporaneous (post-Aug.;

    in Cic.: subitus, fortuitus): oratio,

    Quint. 4, 1, 54; 11, 2, 3:

    dictiones,

    id. 2, 4, 27:

    actio,

    id. 10, 7, 16:

    garrulitas,

    id. 2, 4, 15:

    facilitas,

    id. 10, 7, 18:

    temeritas,

    id. 10, 6, 6:

    audacia,

    Tac. Or. 6:

    facultas,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    color,

    Quint. 10, 6, 5:

    figurae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 10:

    fortuna,

    Quint. 10, 6, 1:

    successus,

    id. 10, 7, 13:

    rhetor,

    Mart. 5, 54:

    contenti extemporali cibo,

    i. e. that easily provided, Lact. 1, 4, 6.— Adv.: extempŏrālĭter, extemporaneously, on the moment:

    scribere,

    Sid. Ep. 9, 14.

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  • 6 subeo

    sŭb-ĕo, ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. subīvit, Ov. F. 1, 314; Stat. S. 2, 1, 155: subivimus, Claud. ap. Tac. A. 11, 24 dub.), v. n. and a., to come or go under any thing; to come or go up to, to approach, draw near, advance or proceed to a place; to come or go on; to follow, succeed; to go down, sink; to come up, spring up (cf. succedo).
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen.:

    subire sub falas,

    Plaut. Most. 2, 1, 10:

    in nemoris latebras,

    Ov. M. 4, 601; cf.: in aliquem locum, to enter, Auct. B. Alex. 74, 4:

    in adversum Romani subiere,

    Liv. 1, 12, 1:

    in adversos montes,

    id. 41, 18, 11:

    testudine factā subeunt,

    advance, Caes. B. G. 7, 85, 7:

    Albani subiere ad montes,

    Liv. 1, 28, 5:

    subire ad portam castrorum,

    id. 34, 16, 2; cf.:

    ad urbem subeunt,

    id. 31, 45, 4; 39, 27, 10; 36, 19, 1; and:

    subeundum erat ad hostes,

    id. 2, 31, 4:

    ad tecta subibant,

    Verg. A. 8, 359.—With dat.:

    muro subibant,

    Verg. A. 7, 161; so,

    muro,

    id. ib. 9, 371:

    portu Chaonio (with accedere urbem),

    id. ib. 3, 292:

    luco,

    id. ib. 8, 125:

    dumis,

    Sil. 5, 283:

    ingenti feretro,

    Verg. A. 6, 222:

    age cervici inponere nostrae: Ipse subibo umeris,

    id. ib. 2, 708:

    per vices subeunt elephanti,

    Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 23:

    pone subit conjux,

    follows, Verg. A. 2, 725; so Val. Fl. 4, 197; cf.:

    dexterae alae sinistra subiit,

    Liv. 27, 2, 7:

    subeuntis alii aliis in custodiam,

    id. 25, 37, 6; and:

    subiit argentea proles,

    Ov. M. 1, 114:

    subit ipse meumque Explet opus,

    succeeds me, takes my place, id. ib. 3, 648:

    Volscus saxa objacentia pedibus ingerit in subeuntes,

    climbing, Liv. 2, 65, 4:

    vel eodem amne vel Euphrate subire eos posse,

    i. e. sail up stream, Curt. 9, 10, 3; cf.:

    adverso amne Babylona subituros,

    id. 10, 1, 16.—
    b.
    Of things:

    stamen a stando: subtemen, quod subit stamini,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 113 Müll.:

    cum luna sub orbem solis subisset,

    Liv. 37, 4, 4:

    tertio die mixtum flumini subibat mare,

    Curt. 9, 9, 7:

    venae nonnumquam incipiente febre subeunt,

    the pulse sinks, Cels. 3, 6 med.:

    subeunt herbae,

    come up, spring up, Verg. G. 1, 180; so,

    barba,

    i. e. sprouts, grows, Mart. 7, 83, 2:

    subisse aquam in caelum,

    Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 32.—
    2.
    In partic., to come on secretly, to advance or approach stealthily, to steal upon, steal into ( poet.), Prop. 1, 9, 26; Ov. Am. 1, 2, 6; id. A. A. 1, 742.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen., to come in, succeed, take place; to enter stealthily, come secretly or by degrees: in quarum locum subierunt inquilinae impietas, perfidia, impudentia, Varr. ap. Non. 403, 27:

    fugere pudor verumque fidesque: In quorum subiere locum fraudesque dolique,

    Ov. M. 1, 130:

    pulchra subit facies,

    id. ib. 14, 827:

    subit ecce priori Causa recens,

    id. ib. 3, 259:

    an subit (amor) et tacitā callidus arte nocet?

    id. Am. 1, 2, 6: subeunt morbi [p. 1775] tristisque senectus, Verg. G. 3, 67:

    namque graves morbi subeunt segnisque senectus,

    Nemes. Cyn. 117; cf.:

    duo pariter subierunt incommoda,

    arise, come up, Quint. 5, 10, 100:

    ne subeant animo taedia justa tuo,

    Ov. P. 4, 15, 30:

    regio, quā vero ipsa subit ad Medos,

    approaches, Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115. —
    2.
    In partic., to come into the mind, to occur, suggest itself:

    omnes sententiae verbaque omnia sub acumen stili subeant et succedant necesse est,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 151:

    cum in loca aliqua post tempus reversi sumus, quae in his fecerimus, reminiscimur personaeque subeunt,

    Quint. 11, 2, 17:

    cum subeant audita aut cognita nobis,

    Ov. M. 15, 307:

    subit umbra,

    id. ib. 12, 591:

    subeunt illi fratresque parensque,

    id. ib. 11. 542:

    subiit cari genitoris imago... subiit deserta Creusa Et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli,

    Verg. A. 2, 560 sq.; Tac. A. 1, 13:

    subeant animo Latmia saxa tuo,

    Ov. H. 18, 62:

    ne subeant animo taedia,

    id. P. 4, 15, 30:

    quantum subire animo sustinueris, tantum tecum auferas,

    to grasp with the mind, Val. Max. 3, 3, ext. 7.—
    (β).
    Subit, with subj. - or rel.-clause ( poet. and in postAug. prose), Ov. M. 2, 755:

    quo magis ac magis admirari subit,

    Plin. 12, prooem. § 2;

    35, 7, 31, § 49: misereri sortis humanae subit,

    id. 25, 3, 7, § 23:

    quid sim, quid fuerimque subit,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 8, 38.
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen., to come or go under, to enter; to submit to; to approach, etc.:

    exercitatissimi in armis, qui inter annos XIV. tectum non subissent,

    had not come under a roof, Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

    tecta,

    Quint. 2, 16, 6; Ov. M. 6, 669:

    jam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta,

    Verg. A. 6, 13:

    limina victor Alcides subiit,

    id. ib. 8, 363:

    domos,

    Ov. M. 1, 121:

    penates,

    id. ib. 5, 650:

    macra cavum repetes artum, quem macra subisti,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 33:

    cum novies subiere paludem,

    had plunged under, Ov. M. 15, 358; id. F. 1, 314:

    et juncti currum dominae subiere leones,

    Verg. A. 3, 313:

    leones jugum subeant,

    Plin. 10, 45, 62, § 128:

    asellus gravius dorso subiit onus,

    i. e. submits to, receives, Hor. S. 1, 9, 21:

    subire iniquissimum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 27: iniquum locum, Auct. B. Alex. 76, 2; id. B. Hisp. 24, 3:

    collem,

    to go up, mount, climb, scale, Hirt. B. G. 8, 15:

    consules utrimque aciem subeuntium jam muros adgrediuntur,

    Liv. 7, 12, 3:

    muros,

    id. 27, 18:

    impositum saxis Anxur,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 25:

    si subeuntur prospera castra,

    Juv. 16, 2 et saep.:

    perfurit, Fadumque Herbesumque subit,

    comes up to, attacks, assails, Verg. A. 9, 344; cf.:

    interim fallendus est judex et variis artibus subeundus,

    Quint. 4, 5, 5:

    precibus commota Tonantem Juno subit,

    approaches, Stat. Th. 9, 510:

    subit ille minantem,

    id. ib. 8, 84:

    Aeneae mucronem,

    Verg. A. 10, 798:

    qui procul hostium conspectu subibant aquam,

    Curt. 4, 13, 10:

    Hispo subit juvenes, i. e. paedicat,

    Juv. 2, 50.—
    b.
    Of things:

    umbra subit terras,

    Ov. M. 11, 61:

    quos (lucos) aquae subeunt et aurae,

    enter, Hor. C. 3, 4, 8:

    montes Trasimenus,

    Liv. 22, 4, 2:

    litora pelagus, Mel. praef. 2: mare quod Ciliciam subit,

    Curt. 7, 3, 19:

    radices (petrae) Indus amnis subit,

    id. 8, 11, 7:

    clarus subit Alba Latinum,

    succeeds, Ov. M. 14, 612 (al. clarus subit ecce Latinum Epytus); cf. id. ib. 1, 114:

    furcas subiere columnae,

    come into the place of, succeed, id. ib. 8, 700:

    aqua subit altitudinem exortus sui,

    rises to, reaches, Plin. 31, 6, 31, § 57:

    lunamque deficere cum aut terram subiret aut sole premeretur,

    Curt. 4, 10, 5.—
    2.
    In partic., to approach secretly, to steal upon or into (cf. supra, I. A. 2.):

    multi Nomine divorum thalamos subiere pudicos,

    Ov. M. 3, 282:

    subit furtim lumina fessa sopor,

    id. H. 19, 56.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    In gen. (very rare):

    sera deinde poenitentia subiit regem,

    came upon, overtook, Curt. 3, 2, 19.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    To come into, enter, occur to one's mind (cf. supra, I. B. 2.):

    deinde cogitatio animum subiit, indignum esse, etc.,

    Liv. 36, 20:

    ut beneficiorum memoria subiret animos patrum,

    id. 37, 49, 3:

    spes animum subibat deflagrare iras vestras posse,

    id. 40, 8, 9:

    otiosum animum aliae cogitationes,

    Quint. 11, 2, 33:

    majora intellectu animos non subibunt,

    id. 1, 2, 28:

    mentem subit, quo praemia facto, etc.,

    Ov. M. 12, 472; 7, 170:

    subit ergo regem verecundia,

    Curt. 5, 2, 15:

    me recordantem miseratio,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 10: feminas voluptas, id. Pan. 22, 3:

    horum cogitatio subibat exercitum,

    Curt. 7, 1, 4.—
    b.
    To follow in speech, interrupt, answer (post - class. and rare):

    dicturum plura parentem Voce subis,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 352:

    subit ille loquentem talibus,

    id. Cons. Mall. Theod. 173; id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 133.—
    c.
    (The figure taken from stooping under a load, under blows, etc.) To subject one's self to, take upon one's self an evil; to undergo, submit to, sustain, endure, suffer it (class.;

    a favorite expression of Cic.): omnes terrores periculaque omnia succurram atque subibo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 11, 31:

    omnia tela intenta in patriam subire atque excipere,

    id. Prov. Cons. 9, 23; cf.:

    quis est non ultro appetendus, subeundus, excipiendus dolor?

    id. Tusc. 2, 5, 14:

    subire vim atque injuriam,

    id. Prov. Cons. 17, 41:

    inimicitiae sunt: subeantur,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 71, § 182:

    maximas rei publicae tempestates,

    id. Mur. 2, 4:

    invidiam, pericula, tempestates,

    id. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    nefarias libidinum contumelias turpitudinesque,

    id. Pis. 35, 86:

    potentiam, victoriam,

    id. Fam. 6, 1, 6:

    contumeliarum verbera,

    id. Rep. 1, 5, 9:

    majora Verbera,

    Hor. S. 1, 3, 120:

    non praecipuam, sed parem cum ceteris fortunae condicionem,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 4, 7:

    fortunam,

    id. Fam. 14, 5, 1:

    judicium multitudinis imperitae,

    id. Fl. 1, 2:

    odium eorum,

    id. Att. 11, 17, 2:

    usum omnium,

    id. de Or. 1, 34, 157:

    aliquid invidiae aut criminis,

    id. N. D. 3, 1, 3:

    quemque casum,

    id. Att. 8, 1, 3:

    quamvis carnificinam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 27, 78:

    dupli poenam,

    id. Off. 3, 16, 65:

    legis vim,

    id. Caecin. 34, 100:

    summae crudelitatis famam,

    id. Cat. 4, 6, 12; cf.:

    minus sermonis,

    id. Att. 11, 6, 2:

    poenam exsilii,

    Val. Max. 6, 5, 3:

    simultates,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 18, 5:

    offensas,

    id. ib. 13, 9, 26:

    periculum,

    Vulg. 2 Macc. 11, 7:

    jam tum peregrinos ritus novā subeunte fortunā,

    Curt. 4, 6, 29. —With inf., to attempt, try, undertake:

    adversa tela pellere,

    Stat. S. 5, 2, 105:

    clavum torquere,

    Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 46.— Hence, sŭbĭtus, a, um, P. a., that has come on suddenly or unexpectedly, i. e. sudden, unexpected (freq. and class.; cf.:

    repens, improvisus): res subita,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 23:

    in rebus tam subitis,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 2:

    maris subita tempestas,

    id. Tusc. 3, 22, 52:

    subita et improvisa formido,

    id. Prov. Cons. 18, 43:

    laetitia, etc.,

    Auct. Her. 1, 8, 13:

    subita pugna, non praeparata,

    Quint. 7, 1, 35:

    ut sunt Gallorum subita et repentina consilia,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 8:

    novae rei ac subitae admiratio,

    Liv. 2, 2:

    bellum,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

    incursiones hostium,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 11:

    ministeria belli,

    Liv. 4, 27:

    imbres,

    Lucr. 5, 216:

    vis,

    id. 1, 286; 4, 1210:

    res,

    id. 6, 1282:

    mors,

    Quint. 7, 2, 14:

    casus,

    id. 10, 3, 3; Suet. Aug. 73:

    tristia,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 12:

    silentium,

    Quint. 12, 5, 3: miles, hastily collected (opp. vetus expertusque;

    syn. subitarius),

    Tac. H. 4, 76; cf.:

    aqua mulsa subita ac recens (opp. inveterata),

    Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: imagines non subitae, not newly sprung up, i. e. old, ancient, Plin. Ep. 8, 10, 3:

    homo,

    rash, Cic. Pis. Fragm. 5: clivi, sudden, i. e. steep, Stat. Th. 6, 258.—Esp., = subito (post-Aug.):

    non percussor ille subitus erumpet?

    Quint. 6, 2, 31; so,

    manūs dux Trapezuntem subitus irrupit,

    Tac. H. 3, 47:

    subitum inopinatumque venisse,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 13, 3:

    evadere,

    Flor. 4, 2, 59.—
    2.
    As subst.: sŭbĭtum, i. n., a sudden or unexpected thing, a sudden occurrence, etc.:

    Lesbonicum foras evocate: ita subitum'st, propere eum conventum volo,

    Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 51; cf.:

    subitum est ei remigrare,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 2:

    si tibi subiti nihil est,

    Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 36:

    in subito,

    Plin. 7, 44, 45, § 143.—In plur.:

    ut subitis ex tempore occurrant,

    Quint. 10, 7, 30; cf.:

    etiam fortes viros subitis terreri,

    Tac. A. 15, 59:

    quamvis non deficeretur ad subita extemporali facultate,

    Suet. Aug. 84:

    si repentina ac subita dominantur,

    Sen. Ep. 16, 6: sive meditata sive subita proferret, whether he spoke after deliberation or off-hand, Plin. Ep. 1, 16, 2.—With gen.:

    ad subita rerum,

    Liv. 9, 43:

    ad subita belli,

    id. 6, 32; 25, 15, 20; Flor. 1, 1, 11.—
    b.
    Adverb., suddenly, unexpectedly:

    per subitum erumpit clamor,

    Sil. 10, 505; so,

    per subitum,

    id. 7, 594; 8, 628; 12, 654; 14, 330; 15, 145;

    15, 404: in subitum,

    id. 7, 527: ad subitum, Cassiod. Var. praef. med. —Hence, adv.: sŭbĭtō, suddenly, unexpectedly (freq. and class.; cf.: repente, extemplo, ilico): ut subito, ut propere, ut valide tonuit! Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 10; cf. id. Curc. 2, 3, 4:

    nova res subito mihi haec objecta est,

    id. Ps. 2, 2, 7:

    ita abripuit repente sese subito,

    id. Mil. 2, 2, 21:

    subito tanta te impendent mala,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 4, 2:

    cum tot bella subito atque improviso nascantur,

    Cic. Font. 19, 42:

    ex oculis subito fugit,

    Verg. G. 4, 499:

    cum subito ecce,

    Cic. Caecin. 10, 30:

    ut subito nostras Hymen cantatus ad aures Venit,

    Ov. H. 12, 137; Curt. 9, 9, 19:

    subito deficere,

    Quint. 7, 2, 14:

    quod serenā nocte subito candens et plena luna defecisset,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    tantus subito timor omnem exercitum occupavit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

    subito opprimi,

    Liv. 41, 3:

    si vespertinus subito te oppresserit hospes,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 17 et. saep.:

    subito dicere,

    without preparation, extempore, Cic. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    quod vox et gestus subito sumi non potest,

    id. ib. 1, 59, 252:

    neque potest quisquam nostrum subito fingi,

    id. Sull. 25, 69:

    aliquid subito ex tempore conjectura explicare,

    id. Div. 1, 33, 72; so,

    dicere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 30; 11, 3, 12:

    inventa (opp. domo allata),

    id. 4, 5, 4:

    cum subito evaserunt,

    Col. 9, 9, 3:

    tam subito copias contrahere non potuit,

    so quickly, Nep. Dat. 7, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > subeo

  • 7 subitarius

    sŭbĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], done suddenly or in haste, sudden, hasty:

    ad eum exercitum explendum Latini Hernicique dare Quintio subitarios milites (ita tum repentina auxilia appellabant) jussi,

    Liv. 3, 4, 11; so,

    milites (corresp. to tumultuarii),

    id. 40, 26, 6:

    exercitus,

    id. 3, 30, 3; 31, 2, 6; 41, 17, 9:

    res,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70:

    aedificia,

    Tac. A. 15, 39:

    gradus theatri (with scena in tempus structa),

    id. ib. 14, 20:

    dictio,

    a speaking extempore, Gell. 9, 15, 5:

    consilium,

    App. M. 9, p. 228, 17.— Plur. subst. n.:

    subitaria ista nostra,

    off-hand sayings, App. de Deo Socr. p. 104.

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  • 8 tempora

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

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  • 9 tempore

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

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  • 10 tempus

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

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  • Extempore — Ex*tem po*re, adv. [L. ex out + tempus, temporis, time. See {Temporal}.] Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; as, to write or speak extempore. Shak. a. Done or performed …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • extempore — [ek stem′pə rē, ikstem′pə rē] adv., adj. [L, lit., out of the time < ex , from, out of + tempore, abl. of tempus, time: see TEMPER] without preparation; offhand [a speech given extempore] SYN. IMPROMPTU …   English World dictionary

  • extempore — index informal, spontaneous, unexpected, unpremeditated Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • extempore — 1550s (adv.), 1630s (n.), from L. phrase ex tempore offhand, in accordance with (the needs of) the moment, lit. out of time, from ex out of (see EX (Cf. ex )) + tempore, ablative of tempus (gen. temporis) time. Of speaking, strictly without… …   Etymology dictionary

  • extempore — pronounced as four syllables, means ‘spoken or done without preparation’, and can be used as an adverb or an adjective. It is preferable to the cumbersome alternatives extemporaneous(ly) and extemporary / extemporarily. Impromptu, which is over… …   Modern English usage

  • extempore — ► ADJECTIVE & ADVERB ▪ spoken or done without preparation. ORIGIN from Latin ex tempore on the spur of the moment (literally out of the time ) …   English terms dictionary

  • Extempore — Mit Extempore (lat. für „aus dem Moment“) bezeichnet man improvisierte, aus dem Stegreif in die Situation hinein gesprochene Sätze. Manchmal wird der Begriff auch auf vorbereitete Äußerungen bezogen, die aber nicht im offiziellen Text stehen.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • extempore — /ik stem peuh ree/, adv. 1. on the spur of the moment; without premeditation or preparation; offhand: Questions were asked extempore from the floor. 2. without notes: to speak extempore. 3. (of musical performance) by improvisation. adj. 4.… …   Universalium

  • extempore — ex|tem|po|re [ıkˈstempəri] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: ex tempore out of the moment ] spoken or done without any preparation or practice = ↑impromptu ▪ an extempore speech >extempore adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • extempore — [16] An extempore speech is one that is given literally ‘out of time’ – that is, ‘on the spur of the moment’. That was the meaning of the Latin phrase extempore (ex ‘out of’ and tempore, the ablative case of tempus ‘time’), which was the source… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • extempore — adjective spoken or done without any preparation or practice: an extempore speech extempore adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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