MOMENT Copy link • MOMENTPROP., Weight, influence, turn, momentum: Figuratively, Weight, importance, momentum: it is a thing of moment, res habet momentum (Cic.): to consider of little moment, levi momenta aestimare. The most minute space of time, punctum temporis; momentum temporis or horae (= in Cic., the decisive or important minute, ῥοπή; but also = moment, Livy, is tumultus momenta temporis sedatur, Liv., 21, 33, etc. Pliny makes momentum = minute, longer than punctum temporis): tempus (general term, a point of time): in a moment, puncto or momento temporis; in vestigio temporis: for a moment, paullisper (e.g., mane paullisper): it is over in a moment, fit ad punctum temporis: often in a single moment the circumstances of the times are greatly changed, minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt: not even a moment, ne minimam partem temporis: every moment, in omni puncto temporis; nullo temporis puncto intermisso; omnibus minimis temporum punctis: at the moment of departure, sub ipsa profectione (Vid: Herzog, Hir., B.G., 8, 49): there is not a moment to lose. res non habet moram: to the moment, ad tempus (venire, adesse): for the present moment, in praesens (tempus): in praesentia (opposed to in posterum): a favorable moment, tempus opportunum; temporis opportunitas or occasio: to seize the favorable moment, tempori or temporis occasioni non deesse: in the last moments (of life), extremo spiritu; in ipsa morte: timid in the moment of danger, in re praesenti pavidus.