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Latin
Etymology
From tempestās (“time, season”) + -īvus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tempestīvus (feminine tempestīva, neuter tempestīvum); first/second-declension adjective
- timely, opportune, fitting
- early, betimes
- (of a person) mature
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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References
- “tempestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tempestivus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tempestivus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a repast which begins in good time: convivia tempestiva (Arch. 6. 13)