temere

See also: temeré

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin timēre, present active infinitive of timeō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /teˈme.re/

Verb

temere

1. to fear
2. to beware

Conjugation

    Conjugation of temere

infinitive	temere
auxiliary verb		avere	gerund		temendo
present participle		temente	past participle		temuto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	temo	temi	teme	temiamo	temete	temono
imperfect	temevo	temevi	temeva	temevamo	temevate	temevano
past historic	temei	temesti	temette, temé	tememmo	temeste	temettero, temerono
future	temerò	temerai	temerà	temeremo	temerete	temeranno
conditional	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	temerei	temeresti	temerebbe	temeremmo	temereste	temerebbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	tema	tema	tema	temiamo	temiate	temano
imperfect	temessi	temessi	temesse	temessimo	temeste	temessero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		temi, non temere	tema	temiamo	temete	temano

Synonyms

• avere paura

Related terms

→

• tema (“fear”)
• temerario (“reckless, rash”)
• temerità (“recklessness, rashness, temerity”)

• temersi (“to frighten each other, oneself”)
• temibile (“frightful, frightening, formidable”)
• timore

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *temezi (“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमस् (támas), Persian تم‎ (tam), Latin tenebrae (“darkness”).

Adverb

temere (not comparable)

1. by chance, by accident, at random
2. without design, intent, or purpose
3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly

Derived terms

• temerārius
• temeritās
• temeriter

• temeritūdō
• temerō

Related terms

• temerāriē
• temerātiō

• temerātor
• tenebrae

Descendants

• → English: temerity
• Italian: temerarietà

References

• temere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• temere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• temere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    
  • to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    
  • to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
    

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Romanian

Etymology

teme +‎ -re

Noun

temere f (plural temeri)

1. fear
2. faintheartedness

Synonyms

• (fear): teamă, spaimă, frică