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Latin
Adverb
ad tempus (not comparable)
- on time, in time, punctually
- (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
- (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)