TEM 
TEM 
TEM 
matris. Cod. Just, legis-IT Also, 
same as Falsarius. Pandect. 
1'EM ERE (unc.), adv. without reason, with¬ 
out cause, casually, by chance, at random, 
at a venture, inconsiderately, rashly, 
thoughtlessly, indiscreetly, unadvisedly, 
giddily, foolishly, eUij, d@ov\ws. Cic- 
Domus, qute temere et nullo consilio 
administrator. Liv. Emisso temere 
pilo ictus. Cic. Oracula effutita temere. 
Sallust. Ne quid de se temere crederent. 
Cic. Non temere confirmo, or, Id. scribo, 
h. e. not without reason, not inconsiderate¬ 
ly. Liv. Saxa temere jacentia, h. e. not 
carried there. Sueton. Temere conscius 
secretorum, h. e. that does not deserve to 
be intrusted with secrets. Id. Temere 
pugnare, h. e. not to fight with due cir¬ 
cumspection. —It is also joined with forte, 
fortuito, inconsulte, &c. Cic. Forte, te¬ 
mere, casu fierent. Id. Temere aut for¬ 
tuito. Id. Non fortuito nec temere. Id. 
Casu et temere. Id. Inconsulte ac te¬ 
mere. Cats. Nihil temere, nihil impru- 
denter factum. — Hence, Tercnt. Non 
temere est, h. e. it is not for nothing, there 
is some reason for it _IT Also, without 
order, confusedly, here and there, careless¬ 
ly. Liv. Argentum temere per vias vi- 
disse. Herat, jacere.-IT Also, easi¬ 
ly. Herat. Puer iram colligit ac ponit 
temere. Particularly, when it is joined 
with a negation, as, non, nullus, nun- 
quam, &c. Cic. and Liv. Non temere, 
A. e. not easily. Nepos. Nullus dies 
temere intercessit. Also, in a question. 
Terent. An temere quidquam — prieter- 
eat, &c. — Comparat. Temerius. Acc. 
TEMERITaS (temere), atis, f. chance, in 
things, events, &c. Cic. JV. D. 2, 32. 
Nulla temeritas, sed ordo, li. e. no chance, 
but a fixed order. Id. Divin. 2, 41. Te- 
ineritas et casus.-H Also, rashness, 
inconsiderateness , hastiness, unadvised¬ 
ness, thoughtlessness, temerity, fool-hardi¬ 
ness, indiscretion, imprudence, a/3ov\ia. 
Cic. 
TEMERITER, adv. for Temere. 3 Acc. 
TEMERITuDS (temere), Inis, f. same as 
3 Tifineritas. Pacuv. 
TEMER5 (Id.), as, a. 1. to violate, pollute, 
2 profane, unhallow, defile, contaminate, 
0c0q\6o>. Virg. and Liv. 
TEMESX, te, and TEMESE, es, and 
TeMSA, or TeMPSX, as, f. a town of 
Italy, in the country of the Bruttii. — 
Hence, Temesieus, or Temesetis, a, 
um, adj. of or belonging to Temcsa. 
Ovid, and Stat. — Temesanus, or 
Tempsanus, a, um, adj. of or belonging 
to Temesa. Cic. incommodum. Liv. 
ager. 
TEMeTUM (unc.), i, n. probably, any in¬ 
ti toxicating drink, wine, mead, &c. Plant. 
Niliil temeti allatum. Id. Carere teme- 
to, h. c. to drink no wine. 
TeMNITeS, as, m. See Tcmnos. 
TeMNS (repino), is, si, turn, a. 3. properly, 
2 to cut in pieces. Hence, to disdain, to 
despise, contemn, slight, scorn, naraippo- 
vco>. Horat. rein. Virg. divos. 
TeMS (unc.), onis, m. the pole or draught- 
tree of a chariot, ftvpds. Virg. — Also, 
the pole of the constellation Charles’s 
Wain. Ovid. — Also, the constellation 
Charles’s Wain. Juvenal. — Also, in 
general, a wagon. Juvenal. — Also, the 
beam or tree of a plough. Virg. ■ 
IT Also, a pole. Colam. -IT Also, a 
sum of money paid in lieu of furnishing re¬ 
cruits. Cod. Theod _Hence, Temona- 
rius, a, um, adj. relating to the payment 
of money in lieu of recruits. Cod. Just. 
onus. Id. Temonarius, h. e. one who 
collects this money. 
TeMPe (t« Teprrea, -ny), n. a pleasantpart 
of Thessaly, through which the river Pe- 
neus flows, and surrounded by the moun¬ 
tains Olympus, Ossa and Pelion. Horat. 
Tempe Thessala, or, Liv. Thessalica. 
— Hence, figur. any pleasant valley. 
Ovid. Heliconia. Virg. frigida. Slat. 
Theumesia. Ovid. Cycneia, same as 
Tlieumesia. Catull. Phthiotica, h. e. 
perhaps the same as Thessalica. 
TeMPERaCORDM (tempero), i, n. same 
3 as Temperatura. Apul. ferri, h. e. a 
workinir. 
TEMPER AMENTUM (Id.), i, n. a means 
1 of tempering or moderating, a measure or 
proper disposition or quality, when one, 
does not do too much or too little, a 
mean, medium, middle course. Cic. Inven- 
tum est temperamentum. Plin. Paneg. 
in re, h. e. measure, moderation, a middle 
course. -IT Also, the proper or natural 
quality of a thing, when it has its proper 
measure, when it is not too great, not 
too cold, &.c. due temperature or tempera¬ 
ment. Colum. in terra. Justin, coeli, 
li. e. a temperate climate. Plin. Distat 
temperamento, h. e. quality, nature. 
Tacit. Orationem liabuit meditato tem¬ 
peramento, h. e. with studied moderation. 
TeMI’ERaNS (Id.), tis, adj. moderating 
himself, moderate, sober, temperate, fur- 
bearing, abstaining, acotppcov. Cic. homo. 
Liv. Temperantior a cupidine imperii. 
Cic. Homo temperantissimus. — Hence, 
temperate in one’s manner of living or diet. 
Cic. — Also, with a genit. Tercnt. rei ac 
famas, li. e. sparing or restraining him¬ 
self, in. 
TEMPERaNTER (temperans), adv. with 
moderation, moderately, temperately, pe- 
Tp'uos, <rw<Pp6va>s. Tacit. Cetera tempe- 
ranter adjungit. Cic. Temperantius 
agere. 
TEMPER aNTIX (Id.), ae, f. moderation 
temperance, in one’s desires and pas¬ 
sions, and also in eating and drinking, 
croxppoBvoy. Cic. in pnetermittendis 
voluptatibus. Id. in victu.-IT Mode- 
ratio, moderation, temperance, especial¬ 
ly in a moral sense, self-control, for 
which, also, Modestia sometimes stands: 
Tempcrantia, calmness or evenness of 
spirit: Continentiu, continence, the bri¬ 
dling of unlawful desires: Abstincntia, 
in the golden age, abstinence from an¬ 
other’s property, strict integrity; in the 
silver age, also, temperance in eating 
and drinking: Innocenlia, disinterested¬ 
ness. 
TeMPERaTE (temperatus), adv. witlimod- 
eration, moderately, temperately, perpicos. 
Cic. agere. Vitruv. Caioris temperate 
habent. Cic. Temperatius scribere. 
Augustin. Temperatissime. 
TEMPERaTIS (tempero), onis, f. a mode¬ 
rating. Cic. vitii, A. c. a correcting. 
Id. juris.- IT Also, due temperature, 
temperate quality. Cic. coeli. Id. caio¬ 
ris. -IT Also, a proper tempering or 
mixing of several parts or ingredients. 
Cic. aeris (Corinthii). Id. corporum, 
A. e. a wholesome influence of the air upon 
the body, when the former is neither too 
warm nor too cold. — Hence, a proper reg¬ 
ulation, order or organization. Cic. cor¬ 
poris. Id. mensium. Id. juris, civita- 
tis, reipublicaB.— Hence, also, for the or¬ 
gan. Cic. Sol mens mundi et temperatio. 
TEMPERaTIVuS (Id.), a, um, adj. tem- 
3 perative, palliative. Cccl. Aurcl. 
TEMPERaTOR (Id.), oris, m. one that uses 
any thing in proper measure, or that mode¬ 
rates or governs. Cic. varietatis. Se¬ 
nse. voluptatis. - IT Also, a maker. 
manufacturer. Martial, armorum. 
TEMPERaTuRX (Id.), a?, f. a tempering 
2 or mixing in due proportion ; temperature, 
temperament ; proper condition. Varr. 
coeli, A. e. the temperature of the air, cli¬ 
mate. Scnec. corporis, A. e. the state, 
temper or constitution of the body. Plin. 
ferri. 
TeMPkRaTuS, a, urn, particip. from 
tempero. -IT Adj. brought into due 
proportion, keeping proper measure, tem¬ 
perate, moderate, abstaining ; set, sober, 
steady, grave. Cic. homo. Id. mores. 
Cal. in Cic. Ep. Homo temperatior in 
victoria. Cic. Homo temperatissimus. 
Id. Oratio temperatior. So, also, Suet. 
Temperatura genus dicendi, A. e. sober, 
plain, simple. Liv. Animus tempera¬ 
tus virtutibus, A. c. cultivated. Cic. 
Mens temperata ab insolenti la:titia, 
A. c. refraining from. -IT Also, duly 
constituted or prepared, of a proper quali¬ 
ty. Cato, prela, A. e. properly equipped, 
ready for working. - IT Also, tempe¬ 
rate, mild, neither too hot nor too cold. 
Vitruv. regiones cmli. Colum. annus. 
Cies. Loca temperatiora. 
TEMPER!, adv. in proper time, seasonably. 
See Ternpus. 
TEMPERIES (tempero), Si, f. a tempering, 
2 mixing of different things in due propor¬ 
tion, eixpaaia. Ovid. Temperieinsump- 
sere humorque calorque. Plin. tequa- 
885 
lis omnium.-IT Also, temperateness. 
in heat or cold, a middle temperature. 
Ovid, coeli, or, simply, Id. Temperies, 
A. e. a temperate climate. Ovid, aqua- 
rum, A. e. due temperature, when the 
water is neither too hot nor too cold. 
- 11 Also, moderation, temperance. 
Claudian. 
TEMPERS (tempus), as, avi, aturn. a. 
and n. 1. properly, to appoint a measure 
or to set bounds to a thing. — Hence, 
Intraiss. to observe proper measure, to be 
temperate or moderate, moderate or re¬ 
strain one’s self. Plant, in amore. Liv. 
in mulcta. — Also, with a dat. follow¬ 
ing, to moderate, restrain. Cats. sibi. 
Sallust, victoria}. Liv. lingua;. Id. ocu- 
lis, A. e. to refrain from looking at. 
Curt, oculis, A. e. to refrain from weep¬ 
ing. Liv. ine. Id. lxtitie. Id. risu. 
JVon temper are sibi is also followed by 
quin, quo minus, or ne. Cats. Neque sibi 
temperatures existimabat, quin in pro- 
vinciam exirent. Plin. Ep. Indignatio- 
nem, non possum mihi teinperare, qur 
minus upud te effundam. And Sueton. 
Non temperare ( without sibi), quin 
&c. Also, Temperare, with a or a a 
infinit. following, to abstain, forbear, rt- 
frain from. Cats, ab injuria. Virg. a 
lacrimis. Liv. Fidem dedit, ab his sa- 
cris se temperaturum. (Se, in this pas¬ 
sage, is the accusal, of the subject.) 
Plant. Temperent dormire. Cic. e pacta. 
Puerum temperaret tollere. Also, to 
spare. Cic. sociis. Id. hostibus supera- 
tis. Liv. templis. -H Trans, to put 
into proper measure, bring into due propor¬ 
tion, mingle in due proportion, mix, temper. 
Cic acuta cum gravibus. Ovid, herbas. 
Plin. aceturn melle. Virg. scatebris 
arentia arva, A. c. to icatcr. Culp. 2, 42. 
pira malo, A. e. to engraft. Hence, of 
drinks, to prepare by mixing, to pour in, fill. 
Horat. poculum. Suet, venerium. Also, 
absolutely. Horat. Illic privignis mulier 
temperat innocens, A. e. mixes, prepares 
the drink. - IT Also, to prepare duly, 
prepare, make. Plin. ferrum. Id. unguen- 
tum. —Hence, in general, to regulate, or¬ 
der. Cic. rempublicarn legibus. Plin. Sol 
annum temperat. — Also, to rule, gov¬ 
ern, manage. Horat. Jupiter res liomi- 
num ac deorum temperat. Id. ora fre- 
nis. Ovid, ratern.-1J Also, to miti¬ 
gate, soften, mollify, temper, allay. Cic. 
calores soil's. Id. victoriam. Horat. 
Od. 4, 12, 1. inare, A. e. to calm. Plin. 
solem umbra. Suet, annonam macelli, 
A. e. to fix a moderate price of provisions. 
- IT Plant. Temperint, for temperent. 
-11 See, also, Temperatus, a, um. 
TEMPESTAS (Id.), atis, f. time, but usu¬ 
ally, to denote a certain space or 
point of time, a period, season. Tercnt. 
Ea tempestate, A. e. at that time. Sallust. 
Multis tempestatibus, A. e. this long 
while. Id. In paucis tempestatibus, A. e. 
in a short time. ( Tempestas, in this sense 
of space of time, period, season, is fre¬ 
quent in Sallust, and Liv., but does not 
occurat all in Cic.) - IT Also, weather, 
good or bad. Cic. bona. Id. certa. Id. 
perfrigida. Hence, it frequently denotes 
bad weather, stormy, rough, or boisterous 
weather, a storm, tempest. Cic. Immodera- 
t« tempestates. Id. Si tempestas nocu- 
erit, A. e. a storm, boisterous weather. — 
Hence, figur. a storm, tempest, &c. for ca¬ 
lamity, misfortune, danger. &c. Cic. in- 
vidiie. JYepos. periculi. Id. Tempestatem 
evitare. Thus the pestilence is called by 
Val.Max. Tempestas. Also, Verrcs is 
called by Cic Sieulorum tempestas. So, 
of Clodius. Id. Turbo ac tempestas pacis, 
A. e. disturber. A glutton is called by 
Horat,. Tempestas macelli. So, also, 
of the people who often vote in the 
comitia contrary to expectation, and 
suddenly change their mind and in¬ 
clination. Cic. Mur. 17. Tempestas 
comitiorum. — Also, figur. a storm, 
for great number. Virg. telorum. 
Cic. querelarum. 
TEMPEST!V£ (tempestivus), adv. in sea¬ 
son, in due season, in good or proper time , 
seasonably, opportunely, (opaho;, evKai- 
piog. Cic. -- If Also, suitably, proper¬ 
ly. Suet, versibus uti Horat. Tem- 
pestivius. 
TEMPESTiVITAS (Id.), atis, f ‘heproper 
