intemperance Copy link Outline 1. intempĕrantia (in widest sense, lack of self restraint) i. a foe to the mind, int. menti inimica, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22. In special sense, i. in drink, vini int., Liv. 44, 30, med.2. intempĕries, ēi (rare) • intemperance: 1. intempĕrantia (in widest sense, lack of self restraint) i. a foe to the mind, int. menti inimica, Cic. Tusc. 4, 9, 22. In special sense, i. in drink, vini int., Liv. 44, 30, med. 2. intempĕries, ēi (rare): i. in drink, int. ebrietatis, Just. 12, 13, extr. Phr.: excessive and continual i. (in eating and drinking), profunda et intempestiva gula, Suet. Vit. 13 overcome by i., onustus cibo et vino, Cic. Div. 1, 29, 60: stupified by i., immoderato obstupefacta (mens) potu atque pastu, Cic. l. c.