contempero

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See also: contemperò

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /konˈtem.pe.ro/, (traditional) /konˈtɛm.pe.ro/[1]
  • Rhymes: -empero, (traditional) -ɛmpero
  • Hyphenation: con‧tém‧pe‧ro, (traditional) con‧tèm‧pe‧ro

Verb

contempero

  1. first-person singular present indicative of contemperare

References

  1. ^ contempero in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ temperō.

Pronunciation

Verb

contemperō (present infinitive contemperāre, perfect active contemperāvī, supine contemperātum); first conjugation

  1. to moderate
  2. to temper (water-down a drink)

Conjugation

Descendants

  • English: contemper
  • Italian: contemperare

References

  • contempero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • contempero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.