temperies Latin · revision 34111

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=65–8 BC, Horace|origins=ine-pro *temp-os}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''temperiēs''' ''f'' (genitive temperiēī); fifth declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|temperō|-iēs|t1=to mix in due proportion, moderate]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014) De Vaan derives [[m|la|temperō]] from the s-stem of [[m|la|tempus|t=time]], which goes back to [[itc-pro|*tempos-|t=stretch, measure]] and [[ine-pro|*temp-os|t=stretch]]; the verb shows the shift from “stretching” to “measuring”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler records it first in Horace,^(Köbler 2010) who uses it of a mild climate.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is poetic and post-Augustan, where earlier prose has ''temperātiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid uses it of the due blend of heat and moisture, and of the mild warmth of water;^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) Pliny the Elder of the proportion of metals in bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Above all it is the blend of weather, the climate, and especially a mild climate, in Curtius, Seneca, Pliny and Tacitus;^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010) Statius uses it of a calm temper and of moderation in using wealth.^(OLD 2012) Martianus Capella has it of mild spring weather.^(Georges 1913) Medieval writers in Britain also use it for a mean or average.^(DMLBS) Italian took it over as ''temperie''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of a mild climate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of the blend of heat and moisture.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses ''caelī temperiēs'' of a healthy climate.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the alloy of bronze.^(OLD 2012)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it of moderation in conduct.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A due [[m|en|mixture]] of substances or qualities; a [[m|en|blend]], [[m|en|alloy]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # [[m|en|climate|alt=Climate]], weather; a mild climate, [[m|en|temperateness]].^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)

+ # A moderate [[m|en|temperature]].^(OLD 2012)^(Simpson 1959)

+ # [[m|en|moderation|alt=Moderation]] of conduct; temper.^(OLD 2012)^(Bianchi & Lelli 2014)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A mean, an average.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[temperō]]

+ * [[temperātiō]]

+ * [[intemperiēs]]

+ * [[tempus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}