tempestivus

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Latin

Etymology

From tempestās (“time, season”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tempestīvus (feminine tempestīva, neuter tempestīvum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. timely, opportune, fitting
  2. early, betimes
  3. (of a person) mature

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative tempestīvus tempestīva tempestīvum tempestīvī tempestīvae tempestīva
genitive tempestīvī tempestīvae tempestīvī tempestīvōrum tempestīvārum tempestīvōrum
dative tempestīvō tempestīvae tempestīvō tempestīvīs
accusative tempestīvum tempestīvam tempestīvum tempestīvōs tempestīvās tempestīva
ablative tempestīvō tempestīvā tempestīvō tempestīvīs
vocative tempestīve tempestīva tempestīvum tempestīvī tempestīvae tempestīva

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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)
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