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Latin
Etymology
From archaic extempulo, via syncope, from ex- + *tempulum, the latter from tempus (“time”) + -ulus (diminutive ending). Compare the expression ex tempore.
Pronunciation
Adverb
extemplō (not comparable)
- immediately, forthwith
- Synonyms: propere, mox, repente, statim, raptim, confestim, brevi, breviter
References
- “extemplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “extemplo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- extemplo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.