tempestive Latin · revision 36699

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=la tempus}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tempestīvē''' (comparative tempestīvius)^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|tempestīvus|-ē|t1=timely, seasonable]],^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010) which goes back through [[m|la|tempestās|t=season, weather]] to [[m|la|tempus|t=time]].^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cato, in the ''De agri cultura'', uses it of ploughing well and at the right time (''bene et tempestive arare'').^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant “at the right time, seasonably, opportunely”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro uses it of plants flowering in their season^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010) and Cicero of trees cut at the proper time.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Conte 2010) Horace, in the ''Odes'', has the comparative: ''tempestivius in domum Pauli … comissabere'' (“you will more fittingly carry your revels to the house of Paulus”).^(Georges 1913)^(Lewis 1890)

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+ British medieval writers used it of things done at the right season, on time or at a convenient moment.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of ploughing at the right time.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of plants flowering in season.^(Georges 1913)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of trees cut at the proper time.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses the comparative.^(Georges 1913)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # At the right time, [[m|en|seasonably]], in due season.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|opportunely|alt=Opportunely]], fittingly.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis 1890)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' On time, [[m|en|punctually]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}