tempĕrĭes (noun F) : tempero
* A due mingling, mixture, or tempering, temperature, temper (poet. and in post - Aug. prose for the class. temperatio): in quo (aere) aequalis omnium temperies fuit,Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8: magna et in colore temperies,id. 2, 78, 80, § 190; 16, 11, 22, § 54: ubi temperiem sumpsere umorque calorque,Ov. M. 1, 430: nix tegit alta duas (caeli zonas): totidem inter utramque locavit, Temperiemque dedit, mixtā cum frigore flammā,i. e. temperateness, moderate temperature,id. ib. 1, 51: caeli,id. P. 2, 7, 71; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 3: caeli mira temperies, verno tepori maxime similis,Curt. 4, 7, 17; 9, 1, 11; cf.: auctumnus mitis inter juvenemque senemque Temperie medius,Ov. M. 15, 211: temperie blandarum captus aquarum,id. ib. 4, 344: temperiem servant oculi,a due proportion,Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 217: tranquilla morum,Stat. S. 2. 6, 48: temperies (docet), ut casta petas,moderation, temperance,Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 103.