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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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An Elementary Latin Dictionary (1890) — Perseus Digital Library
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