Etymologically
← History of temporarius

temporarius Latin · revision 8505

16 Oct 2026, 16:03 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)”

Initial text

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Nepos|origins=la tempus}}
+
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [tɛm.pɔˈraː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [tem.poˈraː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Forms==
+ '''temporārius''' (feminine temporāria, neuter temporārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)
+
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[tempus]] “time”, stem ⟨tempor-⟩, with the suffix [[-ārius]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Nepos, of something suited to the occasion.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Nepos c. 100–24 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+
+ ==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.^(OLD 2012) In Ulpian it was a legal term for what is subject to a time limit.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant temporary, changeable, and Alcuin contrasts the Son of God, not temporary but eternal.^(Stelten 1995)^(DMLBS) It was borrowed into French ''temporaire'', and gave [[en|temporary]] in the 1540s.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses it of the temporary.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1540s – English ''temporary'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Adjective===
+ # Suited to the occasion.^(OLD 2012)
+ # [[m|en|Temporary]]; appointed for the time being.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Transitory.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(law)'' Subject to a time limit.^(OLD 2012)
+
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[tempus]]
+ * [[en|temporary]]
+ * [[en|contemporary]]
+
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}