LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

temporārius

temporārius (feminine temporāria, neuter temporārium)
Classical[tɛm.pɔˈraː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[tem.poˈraː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveappropriate to the times, timely; according to the age; proper to the season, seasonable; trendy, fashionable, contemporary
  2. adjectivefitting to time and circumstance; opportune to the moment, kairos, window of opportunity dependent on a set of transient conditions
  3. adjectivetransitory; ephemeral; mutable, adapting to conform to the era; aging, changing with the passage of time; mortal, material, worldly, secular
  4. adjectivetemporal, temporary; limited to a finite period; lasting but for a set duration of time; bound by the chronological constraints of mortality, materialism

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetemporāriustemporāriatemporārium
genitivetemporāriītemporāriaetemporāriī
dativetemporāriōtemporāriaetemporāriō
accusativetemporāriumtemporāriamtemporārium
ablativetemporāriōtemporāriātemporāriō
vocativetemporārietemporāriatemporārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativetemporāriītemporāriaetemporāria
genitivetemporāriōrumtemporāriārumtemporāriōrum
dativetemporāriīstemporāriīstemporāriīs
accusativetemporāriōstemporāriāstemporāria
ablativetemporāriīstemporāriīstemporāriīs
vocativetemporāriītemporāriaetemporāria

tempŏrārĭus, a, um, adj. tempus,
I. of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary (perh. only post-Aug.): liberalitas, depending on, according to the time, Nep. Att. 11: amicitiae, quas temporarias populus adpellat, Sen. Ep. 9, 9: mora (opp. aeternitatis destinatione), Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 114: theatrum, id. 34, 7, 17, § 36: motus animi (ira), Quint. 5, 10, 28: ingenia, changeable, Curt. 4, 5, 11: non ergo temporarium et subitum est, quod, etc., Plin. Pan. 91, 7: quorum temporaria gravitas, vel potius gravitatis imitatio ridebatur, id. Ep. 6, 13, 5: solum hoc (sc. sanguis) in corpore temporarium sentit incrementum, Plin. 11, 37, 90, § 223.—Adv.: tempŏrārĭē, for a time, temporarily, Salv. Gub. Dei, 5, 8; 7, 22.

Origins

From the oblique stem of tempora (“the times”), singular tempus (“time, period, age, season”) + -ārius (“-ary”).

Descendants
  • Englishtemporary
  • Englishcontemporary
  • Frenchtemporaire
  • Portuguesetemporário
  • Romaniantemporar
  • Romaniantimporar
  • Spanishtemporero
  • Spanishtemporario

In English words that came into English from temporārius

  • temporarytemporārius
  • contemporarycontemporārius

Quick answers

What does temporārius mean in Latin?
temporārius, a adjective, means “appropriate to the times, timely; according to the age; proper to the season, seasonable”.
How do you pronounce temporārius?
In classical Latin, [tɛm.pɔˈraː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tem.poˈraː.ri.us].