tempestivus
Latin
Etymology
From tempestās (“time, season”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tem.pesˈtiː.u̯us/, [t̪ɛmpɛs̠ˈt̪iːu̯ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tem.pesˈti.vus/, [t̪empesˈt̪iːvus]
Adjective
tempestīvus (feminine tempestīva, neuter tempestīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- timely, opportune, fitting
- early, betimes
- (of a person) mature
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | tempestīvus | tempestīva | tempestīvum | tempestīvī | tempestīvae | tempestīva | |
| Genitive | tempestīvī | tempestīvae | tempestīvī | tempestīvōrum | tempestīvārum | tempestīvōrum | |
| Dative | tempestīvō | tempestīvō | tempestīvīs | ||||
| Accusative | tempestīvum | tempestīvam | tempestīvum | tempestīvōs | tempestīvās | tempestīva | |
| Ablative | tempestīvō | tempestīvā | tempestīvō | tempestīvīs | |||
| Vocative | tempestīve | tempestīva | tempestīvum | tempestīvī | tempestīvae | tempestīva | |
Antonyms
- (timely, opportune): intempestīvus
Derived terms
Derived terms
- intempestīvus
- tempestīvē
- tempestīvitās
- tempestīvō
Related terms
- temperō
- tempestās
- tempus
Descendants
- → Catalan: tempestiu
- → English: tempestive
- → Italian: tempestivo
- → Portuguese: tempestivo
- → Spanish: tempestivo
References
- “tempestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tempestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tempestivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a repast which begins in good time: convivia tempestiva (Arch. 6. 13)
- a repast which begins in good time: convivia tempestiva (Arch. 6. 13)