adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
intempestus
intempestus (feminine intempesta, neuter intempestum)
Classical[ɪn.tɛmˈpɛs.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[in.temˈpɛs.tus]
Meaning
- adjectiveunseasonable, particularly unseasonably stormy weather
- adjectiveunpropitious
- adjectivedark, dismal
intempesta nox
darkest night - adjectiveunhealthy
- adjectivestormy, tempestuous
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | intempestus | intempesta | intempestum |
| genitive | intempestī | intempestae | intempestī |
| dative | intempestō | intempestae | intempestō |
| accusative | intempestum | intempestam | intempestum |
| ablative | intempestō | intempestā | intempestō |
| vocative | intempeste | intempesta | intempestum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | intempestī | intempestae | intempesta |
| genitive | intempestōrum | intempestārum | intempestōrum |
| dative | intempestīs | intempestīs | intempestīs |
| accusative | intempestōs | intempestās | intempesta |
| ablative | intempestīs | intempestīs | intempestīs |
| vocative | intempestī | intempestae | intempesta |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- intempesta, concubia nocte
- in the dead of night; at midnight.
intempestus, a, um, adj. 2. in-tempus,
I. unseasonable.
I. Lit.:
intempesta nox, the dead of night, Cic. Phil. 1, 3; id. Pis. 38; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Verg. A. 3, 587; id. G. 1, 247 al.; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 7; 7, § 72: nox intempesta, quae non habet idoneum tempus rebus gerendis, Macr. S. 1, 3, p. 209 Bip.—Hence, personified: intempesta silet Nox, dismal Night, the mother of the Furies, Verg. A. 12, 846.—II. Transf.
A. Unwholesome, unhealthy:
Graviscae, Verg. A. 10, 184.—B. Stormy, tempestuous:
Tonans, Stat. Th. 2, 153.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
intempestus adj.
2 in+tempus, unseasonable, unpropitious, dark: nox, the dead of night.— Person.: intempesta silet Nox, dismal Night (mother of the Furies), V.—Unwholesome, unhealthy: Graviscae, V.
Origins
From in- (“not”) + tempus (“time”) + -tus (forms participles, adjectives, and substantive nouns). See also tempestās (“storm; season; weather”).