Carl Meissner - Latin Phrase-Book

tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere – to require, give, take time for deliberation.

paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dare – to give some one a few days for reflection.

tempori servire, 28 28 The verb servire helps to form several phrases, e.g. servire valetudini , to be a valetudinarian; iracundiae , to be unable to restrain one's anger; brevitati , to be concise; communi utilitati , to be devoted to the public good, etc. cedere – to accommodate oneself to circumstances.

ex quo tempore or simply ex quo – since the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence).

eo ipso tempore, cum; tum ipsum, cum – at the same moment that, precisely when.

incidunt tempora, cum – occasions arise for…

tempus (ita) fert (not secum ) – circumstances demand.

tempus maximum est, ut – it is high time that…

haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoria – the present day.

his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his (not nostris ) diebus – in our time; in our days.

nostra aetas multas victorias vidit – our generation has seen many victories.

memoria patrum nostrorum – in our fathers' time.

aetate (temporibus) Periclis – in the time of Pericles.

antiquis 29 29 antiquitas = the state of affairs in times gone by, not a division of time; so antiquitatis studia , archaeology; veteres or antiqui poetae, populi , the poets, people of antiquity; antiqua monumenta , the relics of antiquity. antiquitates plur. is used for the institutions, usages of times gone by. temporibus – in old days, in the olden time.

libera re publica – in the time of the Republic.

tempora Caesariana – the imperial epoch.

media quae vocatur aetas – the middle ages.

Pericles summus vir illius aetatis – Pericles, the greatest man of his day.

Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior – Pericles, the greatest man of his day.

Pericles, vir omnium, qui tum fuerunt, clarissimus – Pericles, the greatest man of his day.

vir ut temporibus illis doctus – a man of considerable learning for those times.

tempore progrediente – in process of time.

primo quoque tempore – at the first opportunity.

hoc tempore – at this moment.

puncto temporis – in an instant.

momento 30 30 momentum (i.e. movimentum ) is properly that which sets in motion, which gives a decisive impulse to things, cf. Luc. iv. 819, momentumque fuit mutatus Curio rerum . Livy and later writers employ the word in the sense of a moment of time. temporis – at the important moment.

in ipso discrimine (articulo) temporis – just at the critical moment.

temporis causa – on the spur of the moment.

ad tempus 31 31 ad tempus also means (1) according to the circumstances of the case, e.g. ad tempus consilium capere , (2) for a short time, temporarily. adesse – to be there at a given time.

ad exiguum tempus – for a short time.

brevis or exigui temporis – for a short time.

satis longo intervallo – after a fairly long interval.

spatio temporis intermisso – after some time.

in praesentia, in praesens (tempus) – at present; for the moment.

in posterum; in futurum – for the future.

in perpetuum – for ever.

semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam – more than once; repeatedly.

futura providere (not praevidere ) – to foresee the future.

futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere – to foresee the far distant future.

futura non cogitare, curare – to take no thought for the future.

saeculi 32 32 The spirit of a thing is usually rendered by such words as natura, proprietas, ratio atque voluntas , e.g. the spirit, genius of a language, natura or proprietas sermonis ; the spirit of the laws, voluntas et sententia legum . consuetudo or ratio atque inclinatio temporis (temporum) – the spirit of the times, the fashion.

his moribus – according to the present custom, fashion.

praeterito anno (not praeterlapso ) – in the past year.

superiore, priore anno – last year.

proximo anno – (1) last year; (2) next year.

insequenti(e) anno (not sequente ) – in the following year.

anno 33 33 Unless one is emphasised unus is left out with the following words: annus, mensis, dies, hora , and verbum . peracto, circumacto, interiecto, intermisso – after a year has elapsed.

anno vertente – in the course of the year.

initio anni, ineunte anno – at the beginning of the year.

exeunte, extremo anno – at the end of the year.

singulis annis, diebus – year by year; day by day.

quinto quoque anno – every fifth year.

ad annum – a year from now.

amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annis – it is more than twenty years ago.

viginti anni et amplius, aut plus – twenty years and more.

abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annis – twenty years ago.

quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi – I have not seen you for five years.

quinque annos or sextum (iam) annum abest – he has been absent five years.

anno ab urbe condita quinto – in the fifth year from the founding of the city.

commutationes temporum quadripartitae – the succession of the four seasons.

verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore – in spring, summer, autumn, winter time.

ineunte, primo vere – at the beginning of spring.

ver appetit – spring is approaching.

suavitas verni temporis – the charms of spring.

summa aestate, hieme – in the height of summer, depth of winter.

hiems subest – winter is at hand.

hiemem tolerare – to bear the winter.

anni descriptio – the division of the year (into months, etc.)

annus (mensis, dies) intercalaris – the intercalary year (month, day).

fasti – the calender (list of fasts and festivals).

ante lucem – before daybreak.

prima luce – at daybreak.

luce (luci) – in full daylight.

ubi illuxit, luxit, diluxit – when it was day.

lucet – it is daylight.

diluculo – in the morning twilight.

advesperascit – evening is drawing on.

die, caelo vesperascente – when it is growing dusk; towards evening.

multus dies or multa lux est – the day is already far advanced.

ad multam noctem – till late at night.

de nocte, de die – while it is still night, day.

multa de nocte – late at night.

intempesta, concubia nocte – in the dead of night; at midnight.

silentio noctis – in the silence of the night.

vicissitudines dierum noctiumque – the succession of day and night.