tempestivus

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /tem.pesˈtiː.wus/, [tɛm.pɛsˈtiː.wʊs]

Adjective

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

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

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative tempestīvus tempestīva tempestīvum tempestīvī tempestīvae tempestīva
genitive tempestīvī tempestīvae tempestīvī tempestīvōrum tempestīvārum tempestīvōrum
dative tempestīvō 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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