Latin noun
tempus
tempus, temporis n.
tempus is a Latin noun. In the 6 analysed lines it was read in, it means “time” (3 times), “times” (2 times) and “for the times” (once).
In the texts
Each line as the reader shows it: every word in its case colour with its meaning underneath, and arcs from tempus to the words it goes with.
Dictaturae ad tempus sumebantur;
Dictatorships were assumed for a time;
tempus: object of the preposition ad; the phrase goes with sumebantur.
vindica te tibi, et tempus, quod adhuc aut auferebatur aut subripiebatur aut excidebat, collige et serva.
Reclaim yourself for yourself, and gather and preserve the time which up to now was either being carried away or being stolen or slipping away.
tempus: object of collige.
di, coeptis (nam vos mutastis et illas) adspirate meis primaque ab origine mundi ad mea perpetuum deducite tempora carmen.
Gods, favor my undertakings (for you also changed those things) and from the very beginning of the world lead a continuous song down to my times.
tempora: object of the preposition ad; the phrase goes with deducite.
…ita conservavi, ut nemini dubium esse debeat, quin reliquo tempore eadem mente sim futurus
I have so preserved that oath given to my father up to this age, that it ought to be doubtful to no one that I will be of the same mind for the remaining time.”
tempore: tells how, where or when about sim.
temporibusque Augusti dicendis non defuere decora ingenia, donec gliscente adulatione deterrerentur.
And for telling of the times of Augustus, fitting talents were not lacking, until they were deterred by growing flattery.
temporibusque: tells how, where or when about defuere.
Persuade tibi hoc sic esse, ut scribo: quaedam tempora eripiuntur nobis, quaedam subducuntur, quaedam effluunt.
Persuade yourself that this is so, as I write: certain times are snatched from us, certain times are stolen, certain times flow away.
tempora: subject of the passive eripiuntur.
Forms
Every form of the word in these texts, with what it is.
| Form | Grammar | Read |
|---|---|---|
| tempus | Accusative · Singular · Neuter | 2 |
| tempora | Nominative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| tempora | Accusative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
| tempore | Ablative · Singular · Neuter | 1 |
| temporibusque | Dative · Plural · Neuter | 1 |
Words it goes with
Joined to tempus by an arc in these lines, most often first.
Grammar
- About the accusativeThe Latin accusative marks the direct object and follows prepositions of motion such as ad and in. Uses and endings, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the nominativeThe Latin nominative names the subject of a verb, and whatever renames the subject after sum. How to spot it, with real lines from Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the ablativeThe Latin ablative says by what, with what, from where and in what respect. Its main uses and endings, with real lines from Caesar, Genesis and Eutropius.
- About the dativeThe Latin dative marks the person something is given to, said to or done for. Its uses and endings, with real lines from Horace, Seneca and Catullus.