English → Latin
“temporal” in Latin
temporālisof or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal; (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the tempexternusoutward, external; foreign, alien, exotic, strangehūmānushuman (of man, people); humane, kind, philanthropic; cultured, refinedprofānussecular, unconsecrated, profane; impious, wicked; ignorant, unlearnedtempusa time (a portion or period of time); time; the kairos, right time, due season, due time, proper time, appointed time, ocadūcusThat falls or has fallen, falling, collapsing, tottering, drooping.; That easily falls, inclined to fall; Devoted to deavēnaa vein, blood vessel; a watercourse; a vein of metals
The English word temporal itself goes back to Latin tempus, through temporālis.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
temporal
Relating to time, temporalis (post-Augustan).
Of this world, externus (relating to outward things): humanus (relating to men and human affairs). ☞ Terrenus and terrester only in ecclesiastical writers. Temporal affairs, res externae: temporal possessions, bona hujus vitae; bona fluxa, caduca.
Secular (not ecclesiastical), profanus (opposed to sacer).
Belonging to the temples, circumlocution by tempus or tempora: temporalis (e.g., vena, Veg.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for temporal?
- The usual Latin words for “temporal” are temporālis, externus, hūmānus; also profānus, tempus, cadūcus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.