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Latin
Etymology
From intempestus. As a noun, from earlier use of the adjective in reference to intempesta nox (“dismal/unhealthy night”) as both a time of night and goddess.
Pronunciation
Adjective
intempestum
- inflection of intempestus:
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
- accusative masculine singular
Noun
intempestum n (genitive intempestī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) midnight; the time around midnight.
Usage notes
In Medieval use (e.g., Bede), sometimes conceived as a particular period of night lasting from conticinium, when most animals became quiet, to gallicinium, when roosters began to crow.
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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