temere Latin · revision 30666

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *témHos}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtɛ.mɛ.rɛ]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtɛː.me.re]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''temere''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ Ennius and Accius have an older ''temeriter''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a fossilised locative, [[inh|itc-pro|*temezi|t=in darkness, blindly]], [[inh|ine-pro|*témHos|t=darkness]], so first “in the dark”.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012) The same root is in [[m|la|tenebrae|t=darkness]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[sa|तमस्|tr=támas|t=darkness]], [[ae|təmah-|t=darkness]] and [[lt|tamsa|t=darkness]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Ennius has ''quō tam temere ītis?'', “where are you going so rashly?”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Temere'' is “blindly, heedlessly, rashly” (Caecilius: ''nē temere hanc rem agās''), “without reason or good cause”, and “at random, by chance” (Cicero: paints splashed at random on a board could make the outline of a face).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) With a negative, ''nōn temere'' means “not readily, not easily”, so “hardly ever”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “by chance, at random, rashly”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius: ''quō tam temere ītis?''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius: ''nē temere hanc rem agās''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of paints splashed at random.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # Blindly, [[m|en|rashly]], [[m|en|heedlessly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Without reason or cause.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # At random, by chance.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''nōn temere'', not readily, not easily.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[temerārius]]

+ * [[temeritās]]

+ * [[temeriter]]

+ * [[temeritūdō]]

+ * [[temerō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[temerāriē]]

+ * [[temerātiō]]

+ * [[temerātor]]

+ * [[tenebrae]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}