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Italian
Etymology
From Latin timēre. Compare Spanish temer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /teˈme.re/
- Rhymes: -ere
- Hyphenation: te‧mé‧re
Verb
temére (first-person singular present tèmo or (traditional) témo, first-person singular past historic temétti or (traditional) temètti, past participle temùto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to fear or or
- (intransitive) to fear, to be concerned or
Conjugation
infinitive
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temére
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auxiliary verb
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avére
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gerund
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temèndo
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present participle
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temènte
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past participle
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temùto
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person
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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tèmo, témo1
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tèmi, témi1
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tème, téme1
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temiàmo
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teméte
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tèmono, témono1
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imperfect
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temévo
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temévi
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teméva
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temevàmo
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temevàte
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temévano
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past historic
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temétti, temètti1
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temésti
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temétte, temètte1
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temémmo
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teméste
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teméttero, temèttero1
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future
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temerò
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temerài
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temerà
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temerémo
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temeréte
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temerànno
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conditional
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io
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tu
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lui/lei, esso/essa
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noi
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voi
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loro, essi/esse
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present
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temerèi
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temerésti
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temerèbbe, temerébbe
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temerémmo
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temeréste
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temerèbbero, temerébbero
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subjunctive
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che io
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che tu
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che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa
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che noi
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che voi
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che loro, che essi/che esse
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present
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tèma, téma1
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tèma, téma1
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tèma, téma1
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temiàmo
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temiàte
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tèmano, témano1
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imperfect
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teméssi
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teméssi
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temésse
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teméssimo
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teméste
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teméssero
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imperative
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—
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tu
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Lei
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noi
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voi
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Loro
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tèmi, témi1
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tèma, téma1
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temiàmo
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teméte
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tèmano, témano1
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negative imperative
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non temére
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non tèma, non téma1
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non temiàmo
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non teméte
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non tèmano, non témano1
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Synonyms
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Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *temezi (“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमस् (támas), Persian تم (tam), Latin tenebrae (“darkness”).
Compare this form here simply adverbial with the history of Latin present active infinitive.
Adverb
temere (not comparable)
- by chance, by accident, at random
- Synonym: forte
- without design, intent, or purpose
- casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly
- Synonym: passim
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “temere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “temere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- temere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
- without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
- to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
- to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 609
Romanian
Etymology
From teme + -re.
Noun
temere f (plural temeri)
- fear
- Synonyms: teamă, spaimă, frică
- faintheartedness