ad tempus

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Latin

Adverb

ad tempus (not comparable)

  1. on time, in time, punctually
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) temporarily
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 1 10:
      Aedilis praeter Comitium ac Forum basilicasque etiam Capitolium ornavit porticibus ad tempus extructis
      As aedile, besides the Comitium and the Forum and its basilicas, Caesar decorated the Capitol too, temporarily erecting colonnades
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) for the current time, for a while, at present

References

  • tempus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tempus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
  • “ad ~”, under “tempus” on page 1916/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)