Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

temporārius (feminine temporāria, neuter temporārium); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative temporārius temporāria temporārium temporāriī temporāriae temporāria
Genitive temporāriī temporāriae temporāriī temporāriōrum temporāriārum temporāriōrum
Dative temporāriō temporāriō temporāriīs
Accusative temporārium temporāriam temporārium temporāriōs temporāriās temporāria
Ablative temporāriō temporāriā temporāriō temporāriīs
Vocative temporārie temporāria temporārium temporāriī temporāriae temporāria

Descendants edit

References edit

  • temporarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • temporarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temporarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1552.
  • temporarius in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 3050