noun · femininefifth declension
temperiēs
temperiēs f (genitive temperiēī)
Meaning
- temperature; temperateness
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | temperiēs | temperiēs |
| genitive | temperiēī | temperiērum |
| dative | temperiēī | temperiēbus |
| accusative | temperiem | temperiēs |
| ablative | temperiē | temperiēbus |
| vocative | temperiēs | temperiēs |
tempĕrĭes, ēi, f. tempero,
I. a due mingling, mixture, or tempering, temperature, temper (poet. and in post - Aug. prose for the class. temperatio):
in quo (aere) aequalis omnium temperies fuit, Plin. 34, 2, 3, § 8: magna et in colore temperies, id. 2, 78, 80, § 190; 16, 11, 22, § 54: ubi temperiem sumpsere umorque calorque, Ov. M. 1, 430: nix tegit alta duas (caeli zonas): totidem inter utramque locavit, Temperiemque dedit, mixtā cum frigore flammā, i. e. temperateness, moderate temperature, id. ib. 1, 51: caeli, id. P. 2, 7, 71; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 3: caeli mira temperies, verno tepori maxime similis, Curt. 4, 7, 17; 9, 1, 11; cf.: auctumnus mitis inter juvenemque senemque Temperie medius, Ov. M. 15, 211: temperie blandarum captus aquarum, id. ib. 4, 344: temperiem servant oculi, a due proportion, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 217: tranquilla morum, Stat. S. 2. 6, 48: temperies (docet), ut casta petas, moderation, temperance, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 103.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
temperiēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, f
temporo, a due mingling, proper mixture, tempering, temperature, temper : ubi temperiem sumpsere umorque calorque, O.: Temperiemque dedit, mixtā cum frigore flammā, i. e. a moderate temperature , O.: caeli mira, Cu.: blandarum aquarum, O.
Origins
Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin temperiēs From temperō (“to be moderate, temperate”) + -iēs.
Descendants
- Catalantemperi
- Italiantemperie
- Portuguesetempérie
- Welshtymer