temperans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of temperō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.rans/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɛrä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.rans/, [ˈt̪ɛmperäns]

Participle

temperāns (genitive temperantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. tempering

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia
Genitive	temperantis			temperantium
Dative	temperantī			temperantibus
Accusative	temperantem	temperāns		temperantēs temperantīs	temperantia
Ablative	temperante temperantī1			temperantibus
Vocative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• temperantia

Adjective

temperāns (genitive temperantis, comparative temperantior, superlative temperantissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. restrained
2. self-controlled

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia
Genitive	temperantis			temperantium
Dative	temperantī			temperantibus
Accusative	temperantem	temperāns		temperantēs	temperantia
Ablative	temperantī			temperantibus
Vocative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia

References

• “temperans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “temperans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• temperans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.