tempestīvus (-vos)

tempestīvus ( - vos), a, um, adj. [tempestas, I.], of or belonging to the right time, done or happening at the proper time, timely, seasonable, opportune, fitting, appropriate, suitable (class.; syn. opportunus).

In gen.:

venti,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131:

imbres,

Just. 44, 1, 4:

nondum tempestivo ad navigandum mari, Siciliam adiit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

aggressus tempestivis temporibus,

Liv. 45, 19, 10; cf.:

veniet narratibus hora Tempestiva meis,

Ov. M. 5, 500; Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 53:

et tempestivum pueris concedere ludum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142:

oratio,

Liv. 5, 12, 12:

caesura arborum,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:

vindemia,

Col. 11, 2, 67:

sarritio,

id. 11, 2, 9; 7, 3, 4:

multa mihi ipsi ad mortem tempestiva fuerunt,

fitting occasions, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

num parum tempestivos interveni?

Tac. Or. 14:

oscula maestis tempestiva genis posuit,

Stat. Th. 2, 355.— Neutr. absol.:

si tempestivom erit,

Col. 1, 8 fin.; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—

In partic.

Timely, seasonable, ripe (syn. maturus):

maturitas,

Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

ubi ocymum tempestivom erit, dato primum,

Cato, R. R. 54, 3; so,

fructus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; Col. 3, 21, 10:

pullorum examina,

Lucr. 5, 1363:

pinus,

Verg. G. 1, 256.— Comp.:

cassita in sementes forte concesserat tempestiviores,

Gell. 2, 29, 5. —

Transf., of persons, ripe, mature ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

tempestiva viro,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 12 (for which:

filia Jam matura viro,

Verg. A. 7, 53; and:

matura virgo,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 22); so,

Rhode,

id. ib. 3, 19, 27:

virgo, Fest. s. v. Romam, p. 269 Müll.: tempestivos erat caelo Cythereïus heros,

Ov. M. 14, 584. —

Pregn., like our timely, betimes, for that which takes place early, in good time, in good season, early; so in the elder Pliny, of early risers:

refrigeratum sub dio dari tempestivis antecedente vomitione,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 80:

sani atque tempestivi,

id. 7, 53, 54, § 181.—Esp., of early banquets, beginning while it is yet day:

convivia,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13; so,

convivia (convivium),

id. Sen. 14, 46; id. Att. 9, 1, 3; 9, 13, 6; id. Mur. 6, 13:

gladiatorum convivium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61:

solemni et tempestivo adhibetur convivio,

Curt. 8, 1, 22; Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 6; Tac. H. 2, 68; Suet. Calig. 45 fin.; cf.: tempestivis epulis delinitus, ubi vino incaluit, etc., Tac. A. 11, 37.— Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: tempestīvē, at the right time, in proper season, seasonably, opportunely; fitly, appropriately (class.):

arare,

Cato, R. R. 61, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156; Col. 2, 8, 4; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 81; Just. 34, 1; Suet. Vesp. 23. — Comp., Hor. C. 4, 1, 9.— Sup seems not to occur.

tempestīvus ( - vos), a, um, adj. [tempestas, I.], of or belonging to the right time, done or happening at the proper time, timely, seasonable, opportune, fitting, appropriate, suitable (class.; syn. opportunus).

In gen.:

venti,

Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131:

imbres,

Just. 44, 1, 4:

nondum tempestivo ad navigandum mari, Siciliam adiit,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

aggressus tempestivis temporibus,

Liv. 45, 19, 10; cf.:

veniet narratibus hora Tempestiva meis,

Ov. M. 5, 500; Plin. 11, 17, 17, § 53:

et tempestivum pueris concedere ludum,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 142:

oratio,

Liv. 5, 12, 12:

caesura arborum,

Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230:

vindemia,

Col. 11, 2, 67:

sarritio,

id. 11, 2, 9; 7, 3, 4:

multa mihi ipsi ad mortem tempestiva fuerunt,

fitting occasions, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

num parum tempestivos interveni?

Tac. Or. 14:

oscula maestis tempestiva genis posuit,

Stat. Th. 2, 355.— Neutr. absol.:

si tempestivom erit,

Col. 1, 8 fin.; Plin. 16, 39, 74, § 188.—

In partic.

Timely, seasonable, ripe (syn. maturus):

maturitas,

Cic. Sen. 2, 5:

ubi ocymum tempestivom erit, dato primum,

Cato, R. R. 54, 3; so,

fructus,

Cic. Off. 2, 4, 14; Col. 3, 21, 10:

pullorum examina,

Lucr. 5, 1363:

pinus,

Verg. G. 1, 256.— Comp.:

cassita in sementes forte concesserat tempestiviores,

Gell. 2, 29, 5. —

Transf., of persons, ripe, mature ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

tempestiva viro,

Hor. C. 1, 23, 12 (for which:

filia Jam matura viro,

Verg. A. 7, 53; and:

matura virgo,

Hor. C. 3, 6, 22); so,

Rhode,

id. ib. 3, 19, 27:

virgo, Fest. s. v. Romam, p. 269 Müll.: tempestivos erat caelo Cythereïus heros,

Ov. M. 14, 584. —

Pregn., like our timely, betimes, for that which takes place early, in good time, in good season, early; so in the elder Pliny, of early risers:

refrigeratum sub dio dari tempestivis antecedente vomitione,

Plin. 29, 4, 25, § 80:

sani atque tempestivi,

id. 7, 53, 54, § 181.—Esp., of early banquets, beginning while it is yet day:

convivia,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13; so,

convivia (convivium),

id. Sen. 14, 46; id. Att. 9, 1, 3; 9, 13, 6; id. Mur. 6, 13:

gladiatorum convivium,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 61:

solemni et tempestivo adhibetur convivio,

Curt. 8, 1, 22; Sen. Ira, 2, 28, 6; Tac. H. 2, 68; Suet. Calig. 45 fin.; cf.: tempestivis epulis delinitus, ubi vino incaluit, etc., Tac. A. 11, 37.— Sup. seems not to occur.—Hence, adv.: tempestīvē, at the right time, in proper season, seasonably, opportunely; fitly, appropriately (class.):

arare,

Cato, R. R. 61, 1; Cic. N. D. 2, 62, 156; Col. 2, 8, 4; Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 81; Just. 34, 1; Suet. Vesp. 23. — Comp., Hor. C. 4, 1, 9.— Sup seems not to occur.