intempestus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From in- (“not”) + tempus (“time”) + -tus (forms participles, adjectives, and substantive nouns). See also tempestās (“storm; season; weather”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /in.temˈpes.tus/, [ɪn̪t̪ɛmˈpɛs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /in.temˈpes.tus/, [in̪t̪emˈpɛst̪us]
Adjective edit
intempestus (feminine intempesta, neuter intempestum); first/second-declension adjective
- untimely, especially:
- dark, dismal
- intempesta nox
- darkest night
- unhealthy
- stormy, tempestuous
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | intempestus | intempesta | intempestum | intempestī | intempestae | intempesta | |
| Genitive | intempestī | intempestae | intempestī | intempestōrum | intempestārum | intempestōrum | |
| Dative | intempestō | intempestō | intempestīs | ||||
| Accusative | intempestum | intempestam | intempestum | intempestōs | intempestās | intempesta | |
| Ablative | intempestō | intempestā | intempestō | intempestīs | |||
| Vocative | intempeste | intempesta | intempestum | intempestī | intempestae | intempesta | |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “intempestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “intempestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- intempestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- in the dead of night; at midnight: intempesta, concubia nocte
- in the dead of night; at midnight: intempesta, concubia nocte