tempus | tempŏra, um | tempŏrē | tempŏrī | tempĕrī (noun N) : (
* Abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v.infra), n. etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. τέμνω; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time.
* 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.
* 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.
* Adverb. phrases.
* Lit.
* 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.
* In tempus, for a time, temporarily: scena in tempus structa,Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.: in omne tempus,forever,Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* And more freq in adverb. form, or , 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.
* 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.
* Ad tempus.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.
* 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.