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temporarius

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [tɛm.pɔˈraː.ri.ʊs][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [tem.poˈraː.ri.us][1]

Forms

temporārius (feminine temporāria, neuter temporārium); first/second-declension adjective[1]

Etymology

It is from tempus “time”, stem ⟨tempor-⟩, with the suffix -ārius.[2][1][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citation is from Nepos, of something suited to the occasion.[2] Köbler dates Nepos c. 100–24 BC.[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant suited to the occasion, as in Nepos, and in Pliny the Elder built for the occasion, temporary, appointed for the time being, and transitory.[2] In Ulpian it was a legal term for what is subject to a time limit.[2]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant temporary, changeable, and Alcuin contrasts the Son of God, not temporary but eternal.[5][6] It was borrowed into French temporaire, and gave English temporary in the 1540s.[1][3]

Timeline

  • c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it.[2][4]
  • 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the temporary.[2][4]
  • 1540s – English temporary is recorded.[3]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Suited to the occasion.[2]
  2. Temporary; appointed for the time being.[2]
  3. Transitory.[2]
  4. (law) Subject to a time limit.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ a b c Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com
  4. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  5. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
  6. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press