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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/tempos
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Proto-Italic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to stretch, string”), whence also templum (“shrine”). Originally the word meant "what is stretched, stretching" → "stretch (of time)" → "time, occasion".Or from Proto-Indo-European *temh₂- (“to cut”). Thus a section (of time). See also Latin temnō, tondeō, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō). Compare the etymology of English time.
- Note that as indicated by the the adverb temperī the noun would originally have declined like genus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtem.pos/
Noun
*tempos n
- stretch; or section, period (of time. See etymology)
- time
Declension
| consonant stemDeclension of *tempos (consonant stem) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| vocative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| accusative | *tempos | *tempezā |
| genitive | *tempezes, -os | *tempezom |
| dative | *tempezei | *tempezəβos |
| ablative | *tempezi? -e? | *tempezəβos |
| locative | *tempezi? -e? | *tempezəβos |
Descendants
- Latin: tempus