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  • 1 talis

    tālis, e, adj. [demonstr. stem to-, cf. Gr. têlikos], such, of such a kind, nature, or quality, such like; with a corresp. qualis, atque, ut, qui, or absol.
    I.
    Ingen.
    A.
    With correlatives.
    1.
    With qualis:

    talis est quaeque res publica, qualis ejus aut natura aut voluntas, qui illam regit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47:

    ut facillime, quales simus, tales esse videamur,

    id. Off. 2, 13, 44:

    cum esset talis, qualem te esse video,

    id. Mur. 14, 32; id. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    quale solet viscum virere... Talis erat species,

    Verg. A. 6, 208; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 31, 47.—
    2.
    With atque:

    faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 8 (9), 39:

    honos tali populi Romani voluntate paucis est delatus ac mihi,

    Cic. Vatin. 4, 10.—
    3.
    With ut:

    tales nos esse putamus, ut jure laudemur,

    Cic. Off. 1, 26, 91:

    nunc rationem videtis esse talem, ut, etc.,

    id. Rep. 2, 22, 39:

    talia esse scio, ut, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 42, 7.—
    4.
    With qui:

    talem te esse oportet, qui primum te ab impiorum civium societate sejungas,

    Cic. Fam. 10, 6, 3:

    ultima talis erit, quae mea prima fides,

    Prop. 2, 20 (3, 13), 34; Stat. Th. 2, 170.—
    B.
    Absol.
    1.
    In gen., such, the like: sin est probus (Cresphontes maritus meus), Cur talem invitam invitum cogis linquere? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 158 Vahl.):

    quoi in re tali jam subvenisti antidhac,

    Plaut. Aul. 2, 8, 26:

    aliquid tale putavi fore,

    Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2:

    tantum abest, ut et ipsi tale quicquam facturi fueritis,

    Liv. 26, 31, 5:

    a quo tale quid dictum referretur,

    id. 5, 1, 7:

    quod erit ejusmodi, nihil ut tale ullā in re publicā reperiatur,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 23, 42:

    omnem legem esse laudabilem, quibusdam talibus argumentis docent,

    id. Leg. 2, 5, 11; cf. id. Univ. 7:

    haec taliaque vociferantes,

    Liv. 5, 2, 13; cf. Tac. A. 11, 24:

    nil metuens tale,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 67.—
    2.
    Esp., in discourse, etc., referring to something that follows, the following, as follows, such as this, etc.: talia commemorat lacrimans, exterrita somno: Eurydica, etc., Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 20, 40 (Ann. v. 37 Vahl.):

    talia fatur: Salve, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 79; 1, 559; 6, 372:

    talia tum placido Saturnius edidit ore: dicite, etc.,

    Ov. M. 8, 703:

    id tale est: occidisti hominem, etc.,

    Quint. 7, 1, 6; cf. id. 5, 10, 82; 9, 2, 41:

    quae talia,

    Verg. A. 7, 21; 10, 298:

    tali modo liberatus est,

    as follows, Nep. Cim. 2, 1.—
    II.
    In partic., pregn., like the Gr. toiosde or toioutos, of such an especial kind or nature (both in a good and a bad sense), so distinguished, great, excellent, good, beautiful, fine, etc., so great, extreme, bad, etc., such emphatically, = tantus:

    ubi tu, talis vir, falsum autumas,

    Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 2:

    oculos corrumpis talis,

    id. Merc. 3, 1, 3:

    talem, tali genere atque animo natum ex tantā familiā,

    Ter. Ad. 3, 1, 10:

    istam times, ne illum talem praeripiat tibi,

    id. Eun. 1, 2, 81; cf.:

    quibus rebus tantis, talibus gestis, quid fuit causae, cur, etc.?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 29, 71:

    quae tuā sponte faceres in hominem tantum et talem, calamitosum,

    id. Fam. 13, 66, 1:

    urbes tantas atque tales,

    id. N. D. 3, 38, 92; id. Fam. 15, 4, 14:

    quid negotii geritur, in quo ille tot et tales viros defatigat?

    id. Quint. 13, 42: judices tali dignitate praediti, id. Clu. 53, 147; Caes. B. C. 1, 53:

    pro tali facinore,

    id. B. G. 6, 34 fin.; Sall. J. 10, 8:

    tamen is ad id locorum talis vir consulatum petere non audebat,

    id. ib. 63, 6: tali tempore, at so critical a time, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15, A, 1; Liv. 22, 35, 7; 30, 37, 8; Verg. A. 11, 303 al.—Hence, adv.: tālĭter, in such wise, in such sort, so (post-Aug.):

    qualiter... taliter,

    Mart. 5, 7, 3; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 124; Pall. 9, 8, 1.

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  • 2 tālis

        tālis e, adj.,    such, of such a kind, such like, the like: aliquid tale putavi fore: tale quicquam facere, L.: nihil ut tale ullā in re p. reperiatur: nil metuens tale, O.—With qualis: talis est quaeque res p., qualis eius natura, qui illam regit: Quale solet viscum virere... Talis erat species, V.— With atque: Faxo tali eum mactatum, atque hic est, infortunio, T.: honos tali populi R. voluntate paucis est delatus ac mihi.—With ut: tales nos esse putamus, ut iure laudemur: talia esse scio, ut, etc., L.—With qui: talem te esse oportet, qui primum te seiungas, etc.—Referring to what is to be said, the following, as follows, such as this, thus, these words: talia fatur: Salve, etc., V.: tali modo liberatus, as follows, N.—Of such an especial kind, so distinguished, so great, so extreme, such: Talem, tali ingenio, etc., T.: quibus rebus tantis talibus gestis, etc.: urbīs tantas atque talīs: pro tali facinore, Cs.: in tali tempore, at so critical a time, L.
    * * *
    talis, tale ADJ
    such; so great; so excellent; of such kind

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  • 3 fābula

        fābula ae, f    [1 FA-], a narration, narrative, account, story, tale: poëticae, L.: longa, H.: de te Fabula narratur, H.: et fabula fias, the common talk, H.: volgaris, O.: nova, news, Iu.: a diverticulo repetatur fabula, let us return to our story, Iu.: fabulae conviviales, conversation, Ta. — An affair, concern, matter, talk: quam mihi surdo narret fabulam, how deaf I am to his talk, T.: quae haec est fabula? what does this mean? T.— A fictitious narrative, tale, story, fiction, fable: ut ad fabulas veniamus: fabulis credere: a fabulis ad facta venire: non fabula rumor Ille fuit, O.: fabulae! tales! T.: fabulae Manes (i. e. fabulosi), H.— A dramatic poem, drama, play: in primā fabulā, when the play opens, T.: primus fabulam docuit: Securus, cadat an stet fabula, H.: neu sit quinto productior actu Fabula, H.: in fabulis persona.— A fable, story with a lesson: fabularum genus, Ph.: quae (res) vel apologum, vel fabulam contineat.—Prov.: Lupus in fabulā, talk of the devil (of a person who comes while talked about), T.— A plot, action, story (of a play or poem), H.
    * * *
    story, tale, fable; play, drama

    fabulae! -- rubbish!, nonsense!

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  • 4 fābella

        fābella ae, f dim.    [fabula], a little history, short story, idle tale: veteris poetriae: commenticiae fabellae, fables: vera, Ph.— A short fable, tale: aniles, H.: narrare fabellam asello, preach to a stone, H.— A short play: a te acta.
    * * *
    story, fable; play

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  • 5 enitor

    ē-nītor, -nīsus or -nixus (enixus, of bodily exertion, esp. of childbirth: enisus, of labor for an end, esp. of mental effort, etc., v. infra), 3, v. dep. n. and act.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To force or work one's way out; or (more freq.) to force one's way up, to mount up, climb, ascend.
    1.
    Lit.:

    per angustias aditus et ingruentem multitudinem,

    Tac. A. 16, 5; cf. Liv. 30, 24; 21, 36:

    dum cohortes in aequum eniterentur,

    Tac. A. 2, 80 fin.:

    adeo erat impedita vallis, ut in ascensu, nisi sublevati a suis, primi non facile eniterentur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 5; cf. Liv. 2, 65; Ov. M. 2, 64; Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

    sol per ardua enisus,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264:

    in editiora,

    Tac. A. 1, 70:

    in verticem montis,

    Curt. 7, 11:

    enisae legiones in aperta,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    Vitellius in editiora enisus,

    id. ib. 1, 70.— Poet.:

    viribus eniti quarum assuescant (vites),

    by whose strength they may mount up, Verg. G. 2, 360:

    opibus fratris enisus,

    Tac. A. 14, 28.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non posset eniti,

    Curt. 7, 11, 10.—
    B.
    In gen., to exert one's self, to make an effort, to struggle, strive, sc. to accomplish something.—With ut:

    enitare, contendas, efficias, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; so id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Off. 3, 10, 42; id. Rep. 2, 30; id. Att. 9, 15, 4:

    tantum celeritate navis enisus est, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 4:

    ab adulescentia ita se enisum ut ab optimo quoque probaretur,

    Sall. J. 22, 2; Liv. 42, 46 et saep.—With ne:

    illud pugna et enitere, ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3; so Sall. J. 10 fin.—Pass. impers.:

    ab eisdem summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret,

    Sall. J. 25, 2.—Less commonly with inf.:

    corrigere mihi gnatum porro enitere,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 17 Ruhnk.; so Sall. J. 14, 1; Hor. C. 3, 27, 47; id. A. P. 236.— Absol.:

    ego, quod potero, enitar sedulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 6, 24 (twice); Quint. 7, 10, 14 al.; cf.:

    pro aliquo,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 11:

    in aliqua re,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72 fin.:

    ad dicendum,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 14: quod (acc. respect, v. A. and S. Gr. §

    232, 3): quidem certe enitar,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2; cf. id. ib. 13, 25 fin., Orell. N. cr. —
    II.
    Act. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    A.
    To bring forth, bear children or young:

    plures enisa partus decessit,

    Liv. 40, 4: enixa, with acc., Quint. 6 prooem. § 4; Tac. A. 2, 84; 14, 12; Suet. Tib. 4; Verg. A. 3, 391; 8, 44; Ov. M. 1, 670; 3, 344 et saep.— Absol., Quint. 5, 13, 9; Tac. A. 5, 1; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Ner. 23 al.—
    B.
    To climb up, ascend a place:

    Pyrenaeum et Alpes et immensa viarum spatia aegre,

    Tac. H. 1, 23 fin.:

    aggerem,

    id. A. 2, 20:

    totum spatium,

    Col. 2, 2, 27.— Hence, ēnixus ( ēnīsus), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Strenuous, earnest, zealous:

    faciebat enixo studio, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 3; cf.

    opera (with prompta), Frontin. Strat. 2, 5, 30: virtus,

    Liv. 6, 24 fin.:

    voluntas,

    Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 23:

    enixo studio petere,

    Val. Max. 8, 15, ext. 1.— Comp.:

    opera,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 17; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32.—
    * B.
    Ēnixa, that has ceased to bear, Col. 6, 22, 1 Schneid.— Adv.
    a.
    ēnixe, strenuously, earnestly, zealously:

    expeto,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 26:

    causam suscipere,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 35 fin.; Liv. 4, 26 fin.; 41; 6, 40;

    26, 47: petere,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 2 et saep.— Comp., Liv. 29, 1; Suet. Tib. 50; id. Galb. 3:

    enixius orare, Greg. M. Dial. 4, 38 al.: animum imperatoris enixius deprecari,

    Amm. 15, 7; App. M. 2, p. 117, 20.— Sup., Suet. Caes. 5.—
    * b.
    ēnixim, the same, Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 19.
    ► ēnixus or ēnīsus, a, um, in pass.
    signif.
    1.
    Born:

    quod in luco Martis enixi sunt,

    Just. 43, 2, 7.—
    2.
    Impers.: ab eisdem illis regis fautoribus summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret, striven to their utmost to prevent, etc., Sall. J. 25, 2.

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  • 6 enixim

    ē-nītor, -nīsus or -nixus (enixus, of bodily exertion, esp. of childbirth: enisus, of labor for an end, esp. of mental effort, etc., v. infra), 3, v. dep. n. and act.
    I.
    Neutr.
    A.
    To force or work one's way out; or (more freq.) to force one's way up, to mount up, climb, ascend.
    1.
    Lit.:

    per angustias aditus et ingruentem multitudinem,

    Tac. A. 16, 5; cf. Liv. 30, 24; 21, 36:

    dum cohortes in aequum eniterentur,

    Tac. A. 2, 80 fin.:

    adeo erat impedita vallis, ut in ascensu, nisi sublevati a suis, primi non facile eniterentur,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 34, 5; cf. Liv. 2, 65; Ov. M. 2, 64; Hor. C. 3, 3, 10:

    sol per ardua enisus,

    Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 264:

    in editiora,

    Tac. A. 1, 70:

    in verticem montis,

    Curt. 7, 11:

    enisae legiones in aperta,

    Tac. A. 1, 65:

    Vitellius in editiora enisus,

    id. ib. 1, 70.— Poet.:

    viribus eniti quarum assuescant (vites),

    by whose strength they may mount up, Verg. G. 2, 360:

    opibus fratris enisus,

    Tac. A. 14, 28.—
    2.
    Trop.:

    nihil tam alte natura constituit, quo virtus non posset eniti,

    Curt. 7, 11, 10.—
    B.
    In gen., to exert one's self, to make an effort, to struggle, strive, sc. to accomplish something.—With ut:

    enitare, contendas, efficias, ut, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 5; so id. Lael. 16, 59; id. Off. 3, 10, 42; id. Rep. 2, 30; id. Att. 9, 15, 4:

    tantum celeritate navis enisus est, ut, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6, 4:

    ab adulescentia ita se enisum ut ab optimo quoque probaretur,

    Sall. J. 22, 2; Liv. 42, 46 et saep.—With ne:

    illud pugna et enitere, ne, etc.,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 10, 3; so Sall. J. 10 fin.—Pass. impers.:

    ab eisdem summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret,

    Sall. J. 25, 2.—Less commonly with inf.:

    corrigere mihi gnatum porro enitere,

    Ter. And. 3, 4, 17 Ruhnk.; so Sall. J. 14, 1; Hor. C. 3, 27, 47; id. A. P. 236.— Absol.:

    ego, quod potero, enitar sedulo,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 15; Cic. Rep. 6, 24 (twice); Quint. 7, 10, 14 al.; cf.:

    pro aliquo,

    Ter. Ph. 3, 1, 11:

    in aliqua re,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 72 fin.:

    ad dicendum,

    id. ib. 1, 4, 14: quod (acc. respect, v. A. and S. Gr. §

    232, 3): quidem certe enitar,

    Cic. Att. 16, 6, 2; cf. id. ib. 13, 25 fin., Orell. N. cr. —
    II.
    Act. (perh. not ante-Aug.).
    A.
    To bring forth, bear children or young:

    plures enisa partus decessit,

    Liv. 40, 4: enixa, with acc., Quint. 6 prooem. § 4; Tac. A. 2, 84; 14, 12; Suet. Tib. 4; Verg. A. 3, 391; 8, 44; Ov. M. 1, 670; 3, 344 et saep.— Absol., Quint. 5, 13, 9; Tac. A. 5, 1; Suet. Calig. 25; id. Ner. 23 al.—
    B.
    To climb up, ascend a place:

    Pyrenaeum et Alpes et immensa viarum spatia aegre,

    Tac. H. 1, 23 fin.:

    aggerem,

    id. A. 2, 20:

    totum spatium,

    Col. 2, 2, 27.— Hence, ēnixus ( ēnīsus), a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Strenuous, earnest, zealous:

    faciebat enixo studio, ne, etc.,

    Liv. 42, 3; cf.

    opera (with prompta), Frontin. Strat. 2, 5, 30: virtus,

    Liv. 6, 24 fin.:

    voluntas,

    Dig. 31, 1, 77, § 23:

    enixo studio petere,

    Val. Max. 8, 15, ext. 1.— Comp.:

    opera,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 17; Plin. 9, 8, 9, § 32.—
    * B.
    Ēnixa, that has ceased to bear, Col. 6, 22, 1 Schneid.— Adv.
    a.
    ēnixe, strenuously, earnestly, zealously:

    expeto,

    Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 26:

    causam suscipere,

    Cic. Sest. 16, 38; Caes. B. C. 3, 35 fin.; Liv. 4, 26 fin.; 41; 6, 40;

    26, 47: petere,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 2 et saep.— Comp., Liv. 29, 1; Suet. Tib. 50; id. Galb. 3:

    enixius orare, Greg. M. Dial. 4, 38 al.: animum imperatoris enixius deprecari,

    Amm. 15, 7; App. M. 2, p. 117, 20.— Sup., Suet. Caes. 5.—
    * b.
    ēnixim, the same, Sisenn. ap. Non. 107, 19.
    ► ēnixus or ēnīsus, a, um, in pass.
    signif.
    1.
    Born:

    quod in luco Martis enixi sunt,

    Just. 43, 2, 7.—
    2.
    Impers.: ab eisdem illis regis fautoribus summa ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret, striven to their utmost to prevent, etc., Sall. J. 25, 2.

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  • 7 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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tempora

  • 8 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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  • 9 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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  • 10 ad-missum

        ad-missum ī, n    [admitto], a voluntary fault, trespass, crime: nullo admisso: tale, L.: gentis dolosae, O.: Poppaeae, Ta.

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  • 11 aliās

        aliās adv.    [orig. acc plur. f. of alius], of time, at another time, some other time, at other times: Nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes, H.: et alias et in consulatūs petitione vincebar: numquam ante alias, L.: non umquam alias ante, L. —Esp., repeated: alias... alias, at one time... at another; once... another time; sometimes... sometimes; now... now, C.: cum alias bellum inferrent, alias inlatum defenderent, Cs.; cf. alias... plerumque: interdum... alias, C.—With a case of alius, or with aliter, at one time one... at another time another; now in one way, now in another: illi alias aliud isdem de rebus iudicant, pass different judgments at different times: (deos) non semper eosdem atque alias alios solemus... precari, different gods at different times: alias aliter: alias in aliam rem. — With saepe, at many other times, often besides: quod cum saepe alias, tum nuper: fecimus et alias saepe, et nuper in Tusculano.—Raro alias, L.—Non alias, never besides, at no other time: Non alias caelo ceciderunt plura sereno Fulgura, V.: non alias militi familiarior dux fuit, L.—Non alias... quam, for no other reason, in no other way than, Ta.
    * * *
    at/in another time/place; previously, subsequently; elsewhere; otherwise

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  • 12 anīlis

        anīlis e, adj.    [anus], of an old woman: voltus, V.: passus, O.—Old-womanish, anile, silly: ineptiae: fabellae, H.
    * * *
    anilis, anile ADJ
    old-womanish; of an old woman; inflicted by an old woman; old wives tale

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  • 13 apologus

        apologus ī, m, ἀπόλογοσ, a fable after the manner of Aesop, an apologue.
    * * *
    narrative, story; fable, tale

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  • 14 avia

        avia ae, f    [avus], a grandmother: anus, Cu.
    * * *
    I
    grandmother; rooted prejudice, old wives tale
    II
    unidentified plant; groundsel (L+S); (also called senecio, erigeron)

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  • 15 com-minīscor (conm-)

        com-minīscor (conm-) mentus, ī, dep.    [1 MAN-], to devise, invent, contrive: nihil adversus tale alqd, L.: vectigal, L. — To devise falsely, contrive, invent, feign: alquid, T.: nec me hoc commentum putes: deos nihil agentīs: occurrentia nescio quae: crimen ex re fortuitā, L.

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  • 16 concupīscō

        concupīscō cupīvī （sync. cupīstī, etc.), ītus, ere, inch.    [com- + cupio], to long for, be very desirous of, covet, aspire to, strive after: alqd: pecuniam: haec ad insaniam: domum aut villam, S.: tribunos plebis, L.: eloquentiam, Ta.: maiora, N.: alqd tale, H.: mundum ornare: quo magis concupisceret, Ta.
    * * *
    concupiscere, concupivi, concupitus V
    desire eagerly/ardently; covet, long for; aim at; conceive a strong desire for

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  • 17 ē-nītor

        ē-nītor -nīxus or -nīsus, ī, dep.,    to force a way out, struggle upwards, mount, climb, ascend: pede aut manu, L.: in ascensu non facile, Cs.: in altiora, Ta.: impetu capto enituntur, scale the height, L.: Enisus arces attigit igneas, H.: Viribus eniti quarum, by whose support mounting up, V.: aggerem, to mount, Ta.—To bring forth, bear: plurīs enisa partūs decessit, L.: fetūs enixa, V.: quem Pleïas enixa est, O. — To exert oneself, make an effort, struggle, strive: tantum celeritate navis enisus est, ut, etc., Cs.: eniti, ut amici animum excitat: ab eisdem summā ope enisum, ne tale decretum fieret, S.: gnatum mihi corrigere, T.: usui esse populo R., S.: in utroque: ad dicendum.

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  • 18 garrulus

        garrulus adj.    [1 GAR-], chattering, prattling, prating, talkative, garrulous: garrulus est, a chatterbox, H.: garrula illa, tell-tale, T.: ales (i. e. cornix), O.: hirundo, V.: hora, of gossip, Pr.: rivus, O.: lyra, Tb.: pericula, endless tales of peril, Iu.
    * * *
    garrula, garrulum ADJ
    talkative, loquacious; chattering, garrulous; blabbing; that betrays secrets

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  • 19 index

        index dicis, m and f    [in+DIC-], one who points out, a discloser, discoverer, informer, witness: falsus, S.: haec omnia indices detulerunt.— An informer, betrayer, spy: vallatus indicibus: saeptus armatis indicibus: silex, qui nunc dicitur index, traitor's stone, O.—An index, sign, mark, indication, proof: complexūs, benevolentiae indices: vox stultitiae: auctoris anulus, O.: Ianum indicem pacis bellique fecit, L.—A title, superscription, inscription: deceptus indicibus librorum: tabula in aedem cum indice hoc posita est, L.—A forefinger, index finger: pollex, non index: indice monstrare digito, H.
    * * *
    I
    sign, token, proof; informer, tale bearer
    II

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  • 20 īn-suētus

        īn-suētus adj.    [P. of insuesco], unaccustomed, unused, inexperienced: contumeliae: huius generis pugnae, Cs.: navigandi, Cs.: male audiendi, N.: vera audire, L.: acies inferre pedestrīs, V.: miratur nemus insuetum Scuta, V.: moribus Romanis, L.: ad tale spectaculum, L.: corpora ad onera portanda, Cs.—Unusual, strange: insueta liberae civitati species, L.: limen Olympi, V.: insuetos foetūs animalia edere, monsters, L.— Plur n. As adv.: insueta rudentem (i. e. insolito more), V.

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  • talé — talé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Tale — Tale, n. [AS. talu number, speech, narrative; akin to D. taal speech, language, G. zahl number, OHG. zala, Icel. tal, tala, number, speech, Sw. tal, Dan. tal number, tale speech, Goth. talzjan to instruct. Cf. {Tell}, v. t., {Toll} a tax, also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tale — W3 [teıl] n [: Old English; Origin: talu] 1.) a story about exciting imaginary events tale of ▪ tales of adventure ▪ a book of old Japanese folk tales (=traditional stories) ▪ a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen ▪ a caution …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Tale — may refer to:*Cautionary tale, a traditional story told in folklore, to warn its hearer of a danger *Fairy tale, a fictional story that usually features folkloric characters (such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, witches, giants, and talking… …   Wikipedia

  • tale — [ teıl ] noun count ** 1. ) a story about imaginary events or people: tale of: tales of bravery and romance 2. ) a spoken account of someone s experiences, especially when they are made to seem more exciting or unpleasant than they really were:… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • talé — talé, ée [ tale ] adj. • taulé « broyé » v. 1330; repris 1860; de taler ♦ Meurtri, taché, en parlant des fruits. Pêches talées. ⊗ HOM. Taller. ● talé Participe passé de taler. talé, ée [tale] adj. ÉTYM. V. 1330, taulé « …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • tale — [n1] story account, anecdote, fable, fairy tale, fiction, folk tale, legend, myth, narration, narrative, novel, relation, report, romance, saga, short story, yarn; concept 282 tale [n2] made up story canard, chestnut*, clothesline*, cock and bull …   New thesaurus

  • Tale — (Балтэзерс,Латвия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Senču prospekts 45, Балтэзерс, LV 2164, Латвия …   Каталог отелей

  • tale — (n.) O.E. talu story, tale, the action of telling, from P.Gmc. *talo (Cf. Du. taal speech, language ), from PIE root *del to recount, count. The secondary English sense of number, numerical reckoning (c.1200) probably was the primary one in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Tale — Tale, n. See {Tael}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tale — Tale, v. i. To tell stories. [Obs.] Chaucer. Gower. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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