temperatio Latin · revision 10066

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Cicero|origins=la temperō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''temperātiō''' ''f'' (genitive temperātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|temperō|-tiō|t1=to mix in due proportion, moderate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨temperō⟩ from [[tempus]], an ⟨s⟩-stem ⟨*temp-os⟩ “stretch”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are Cicero.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cicero 81–43 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant the mixing of things in due proportion, a blend, composition, constitution; the balanced organization of a state or system, and what organizes it; and moderation, tempering of conditions, all in Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for mixing, as of slaking lime and preparing metal.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Due mixture, [[m|en|blend]], [[m|en|composition]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Balanced [[m|en|constitution]], organization.^(OLD 2012)

+ # [[m|en|moderation|alt=Moderation]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[temperō]]

+ * [[temperantia]]

+ * [[tempus]]

+ * [[temperātūra]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}