temporalis

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal.

Pronunciation

Noun

temporalis (plural temporales)

  1. (anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing.
    Synonym: temporal muscle

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Latin

Etymology

From tempus (“time; the temples of the head”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

temporālis (neuter temporāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Late Latin)

  1. (in general, chiefly post-Augustan) of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal
    ārae temporālēs ― altars for the occasion
    Antonym: perpetuus
    1. (in particular, grammar, relational) time
      verbum temporāle ― a word denoting time, i.e. a verb
      nōmina temporālia (v.g. annus, mēnsis) ― nouns of time (e.g. year, month)
      adverbia temporālia (v.g. prīdem, nunc, modo) ― adverbs of time (e.g. long ago, now, a little while ago)
  2. (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the temples of the head
    vēnae temporālēs ― the temporal veins

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative temporālis temporāle temporālēs temporālia
genitive temporālis temporālium
dative temporālī temporālibus
accusative temporālem temporāle temporālēs
temporālīs 		temporālia
ablative temporālī temporālibus
vocative temporālis temporāle temporālēs temporālia

Derived terms

Descendants

temporālis

References

  • “temporalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “temporalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temporalis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tempŏrālis¹⁺² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,552/3.
  • temporalis in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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