Tempi passati

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German

Federico Zuccari, "The Submission of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa to Pope Alexander III", ca. 1585

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tempi passati (“times passed”). In the sense of "these are times passed" or "these times are gone" it can express both regret as well as relief. Joseph II is said to have used these words upon encountering a painting by Federico Zuccari in the Doge's Palace in Venice. It depicts Emperor Frederick Barbarossa lying on his knees in front of Pope Alexander III.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Tem‧pi pas‧sa‧ti

Proverb

Tempi passati

  1. (erudite) these times are long gone
    • 2014 September 1, Florence Gaub, “Prinzipienfragen. Wie in der arabischen Welt Politik gemacht wird: eine Glosse”, in Internationale Politik. Deutschlands führende außenpolitische Zeitschrift‎, number 5, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 March 2016, page 45:
      Es gab einmal eine Zeit in der arabischen Welt, da hatten Allianzen noch ihre Ordnung. Wenn A mit B und C verbandelt war, bedeutete es im Umkehrschluss, dass B und C ebenfalls Verbündete waren. Tempi passati!
      There were times in the Arab world where alliances still had their order. If A was close-knit with B and C, then this meant conversely that B and C were allies as well. These times are long gone!

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht, Anja Steinhauer: Duden, Zitate und Aussprüche: Herkunft und Gebrauch. Rund 7500 Zitate von der klassischen Antike bis zur Gegenwart. In: Dudenredaktion (ed.): Der Duden in 12 Bänden. 3rd revised and updated edition, volume 12, Dudenverlag, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 2008, →ISBN, headword “Tempi passati!”, p. 501.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dudenredaktion unter der Leitung von Jürgen Hotz (ed.): Duden, Berühmte Zitate und Redewendungen: Die muss man kennen. Dudenverlag, Berlin/Mannheim/Zürich 2013 (Duden, Allgemeinbildung kompakt), →ISBN, headword “Tempi passati!”, p. 177.
  3. ^ „Tempi passati“ in wissen.de
  4. ^ Max Mangold and Dudenredaktion: Duden Aussprachewörterbuch. In: Der Duden in zwölf Bänden. 6th edition. Volume 6, Dudenverlag, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 2005, →ISBN, page 769.
  5. ^ Eva-Maria Krech, Eberhard Stock, Ursula Hirschfeld, Lutz Christian Anders et al.: Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch: Mit Beiträgen von Walter Haas, Ingrid Hove, Peter Wiesinger. 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2009, →ISBN, page 979.

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