temper (v.) Copy link Outline 1. tempĕro, 1 (in most senses, lit. and fig., of the Eng.)2. misceo, miscui, mistum or mixtum, 2 (to mix3. condio, 4 (prop. to season4. dīluo, ui, utum, 35. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (to correct)6. lēnio, 4 • temper (v.): 1. tempĕro, 1 (in most senses, lit. and fig., of the Eng.): to t. iron, t. ferrum, Plin. 34, 14, 41: to t. colours, t. colores, id. 2, 18, 16: to t. wine, t. vinum, id. 29, 3, 11, § 50: to t. lime (for mortar), calcem t., Vitr. 7, 2: excessive heat is t.'d by the blowing of the Etesian winds, Etesiarum flatu nimii temperantur calores, Cic. N. D. 2, 53, 131: chill evening t.s the air, frigidus vesper aera temperat, Virg. G. 3, 337: to t. the baths, balnea t., Sen. Ep. 86, 10: when he had taken those three things he t.'d them into one kind, ea quum tria sumpsisset unam in speciem temperavit, Cic. Tim. 7, ad init.: to t. sharp and flat tones, acuta cum gravibus t., id. Rep. 6, 18. Fig.: freedom not t.'d with moderation but too unmixed, libertas non modice temperata sed nimis meraca, id. ib. 1, 43: a form of government made by blending and t.ing together the three best kinds of states, genus aequatum et temperatum ex tribus optimis rerum publicarum modis, id. ib. 1, 45: to t. the bitters of life with a quiet smile, amara lento t. risu, Hor. Od. 2, 16, 27: as the air is t.'d so the growing boys are t.'d and moulded, utcumque temperatus sit aer ita pueros orientes a. et formari, Cic. Div. 2, 42, 89. 2. misceo, miscui, mistum or mixtum, 2 (to mix: v. infra): wit t.'d by dignity, gravitate mixtus lepos, Cic. Rep. 2, 1: t. your serious discussions with a brief folly, misce consiliis stultitiam brevem, Hor. Od. 4, 12, 27: a spot where Greek lavishness and provincial thrift were t.'d and happily blended, locus Graeca comitate et provinciali parsimonia mistus et bene compositus, Tac. Agr. 4. Join: m. et temperare, Cic. Off. 3, 33, 119: v. blend, mix. [N.B.--It is only in the fig. sense, and where the context sufficiently expresses the result of the mixing that this verb is used as a syn. of tempero, from which, in the stricter sense, it is distinguished in Cic. Rep. 2, 23, haec ita mixta fuerunt ut temperata nullo fuerint modo, these things were so mixed that they were in no wise t.'d.] 3. condio, 4 (prop. to season: in a fig. sense, to t.): to t. anything naturally harsh by many pleasures, c. aliquid natura asperum pluribus voluptatibus, Quint. 5, 14, 35: dignity t.'d with affability, comitate condita gravitas, Cic. Sen. 4, 10: these things indeed which are now most excellent will not become better, but it is pleasanter when they are t.'d, non ista quidem erant meliora, quae nunc sunt optima, sed certe condita jucundius, Cic. Mur. 31, 66. 4. dīluo, ui, utum, 3: v. dilute. 5. corrĭgo, rexi, rectum, 3 (to correct): to t. wines, c. vina, Plin. 15, 29, 37, et pass. 6. lēnio, 4: v. soften, mitigate. Phr.: if you t. your gravity with his affability, si illius comitatem tuae gravitati asperseris, Cic. Mur. 31, 66: the river Salo in which weapons are t.'d, temperator armorum Salo, Mart. 4, 55, 15.