LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

temperāmentum

temperāmentum n (genitive temperāmentī)
Classical[tɛm.pɛ.raːˈmɛn.tũː]Ecclesiastical[tem.pe.raˈmɛn.tum]

Meaning

  1. a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure
  2. a moderation, proper proportion, balance, equilibrium
  3. temperament, disposition
  4. Medieval Latinrulership, control

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetemperāmentumtemperāmenta
genitivetemperāmentītemperāmentōrum
dativetemperāmentōtemperāmentīs
accusativetemperāmentumtemperāmenta
ablativetemperāmentōtemperāmentīs
vocativetemperāmentumtemperāmenta

tempĕrāmentum, i, n. id.,
I. a mixing in due proportion, a proper measure, disposition, or constitution; a measure, mean, moderation; temperament, temperature (mostly post-Aug.; cf. on the other hand, temperatio): inventum est temperamentum, quo tenuiores cum principibus aequari se putarunt, * Cic. Leg. 3, 10, 24; cf.: tanto temperamento inter plebem senatumque egit, ut, etc., Just. 2, 7, 5; 44, 4, 3: egregium principatus temperamentum, si demptis utriusque vitiis solae virtutes miscerentur, Tac. H. 2, 5: fortitudinis, id. ib. 1, 83: senatus Caesar orationem habuit meditato temperamento, with studied moderation, strictness, id. A. 3, 12: quod temperamentum omnes in illo subito pietatis calore servavimus, Plin. Pan. 3, 1: opus est inter has tam diversas inaequalitates magno temperamento, Col. 3, 12, 3 sq. eruca jungitur lactucae fere in cibis, ut nimio frigori par fervor immixtus temperamentum aequet, Plin. 19, 8, 44, § 155 eadem est materia, sed distat temperamento, proportion, combination, id. 9, 36, 61, § 130, 12, 25, 54, § 115 caeli, temperateness, Just. 2, 1, 10: linistis absque temperamento, without having tempered the mortar, Vulg. Ezech. 13, 14; 22, 28.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*temp-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-der.?
  3. Proto-Italic*tempos
  4. Latintemperāmentum

Ancient Greek καίρῐος (kaírĭos)sl. Latin tempus Latin *tempos, *tempes- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin temperō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin temperāmentum From temperō (“to temper, apportion, regulate, be moderate”) + -mentum (resultative noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalantemperament
  • Englishtemperamentfrom Middle French tempérament
  • Frenchtempéramentfrom Middle French tempérament
  • Romaniantemperamentfrom Middle French tempérament
  • GermanTemperament
  • Italiantemperamento
  • Portuguesetemperamento
  • Spanishtemperamento
  • Dutchtemperamentjefrom Middle French tempérament
  • Hungariantemperamentum

In English words that came into English from temperāmentum

  • temperamenttemperāmentum

Quick answers

What does temperāmentum mean in Latin?
temperāmentum, a noun, means “a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure; a moderation, proper proportion, balance, equilibrium; temperament, disposition”.
What is the genitive of temperāmentum?
The genitive singular is temperāmentī. temperāmentum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce temperāmentum?
In classical Latin, [tɛm.pɛ.raːˈmɛn.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tem.pe.raˈmɛn.tum].
Where does temperāmentum come from?
Proto-Indo-European *temp-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-der.? → Proto-Italic *tempos → Latin temperāmentum.