LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

intempestīvus

intempestīvus (feminine intempestīva, neuter intempestīvum)
Classical[ɪn.tɛm.pɛsˈtiː.wʊs]Ecclesiastical[in.tem.pesˈtiː.vus]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveuntimely, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient

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Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintempestīvusintempestīvaintempestīvum
genitiveintempestīvīintempestīvaeintempestīvī
dativeintempestīvōintempestīvaeintempestīvō
accusativeintempestīvumintempestīvamintempestīvum
ablativeintempestīvōintempestīvāintempestīvō
vocativeintempestīveintempestīvaintempestīvum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeintempestīvīintempestīvaeintempestīva
genitiveintempestīvōrumintempestīvārumintempestīvōrum
dativeintempestīvīsintempestīvīsintempestīvīs
accusativeintempestīvōsintempestīvāsintempestīva
ablativeintempestīvīsintempestīvīsintempestīvīs
vocativeintempestīvīintempestīvaeintempestīva

in-tempestīvus, a, um, adj.,
I. untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient.
I. Lit.: postes intempestivos excisos credo, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 141: imbres, Lucr. 2, 873; 929; 6, 1101: amicitia numquam intempestiva est, Cic. Lael. 6: epistula, id. Att. 4, 14: cupido, Ov. M. 10, 689: intempestivā turbantes festa Minervā, i. e. by their unseasonable spinning, id. ib. 4, 33: immodica et intempestiva libido, Vell. 2, 68, 4: quid hoc joco intempestivius, Val. Max. 7, 8, 9: gula, gratified at unseasonable times, Suet. Vit. 13: intempestivo partu extracto, premature, Amm. 23, 2, 17.—
II. Transf., that acts or does a thing unseasonably: anseres continuo clamore intempestivi, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363.— Adv. in two forms.
1. Form intempestīvē, out of season, unseasonably: accedere, Cic. Off. 1, 25: adire ad aliquem, id. Fam. 11, 16; Liv. 45, 21: fovere vulnera mentis, Ov. P. 4, 11, 19; Phaedr. 3, 19, 12: juvare, Tac. A. 2, 23.—
2. Form intempestīvīter, unseasonably: dicere, Gell. 4, 20 in lemm.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinintempestīvus

Latin tempestās Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin īvus Latin tempestīvus Latin intempestīvus From in- + tempestīvus.

Descendants
  • Catalanintempestiu
  • Englishintempestive
  • Frenchintempestif
  • Romanianintempestiv
  • Portugueseintempestivo
  • Spanishintempestivo

In English words that came into English from intempestīvus

  • intempestiveintempestīvus

Quick answers

What does intempestīvus mean in Latin?
intempestīvus, a adjective, means “untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient”.
How do you pronounce intempestīvus?
In classical Latin, [ɪn.tɛm.pɛsˈtiː.wʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [in.tem.pesˈtiː.vus].
Where does intempestīvus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin intempestīvus.