temperament Copy link Outline 1. hăbĭtus, ūs2. tempĕrātio3. tempĕrāmentum4. tempĕrātūra • temperament: 1. hăbĭtus, ūs: the t.s of their bodies are various, varii corporum h., Tac. Agr. 11: justice is a t. of the mind, justitia est h. animi, Cic. Inv. 2, 53, 160: the nature and t. of clemency, natura clementiae h.que, Sen. Clem. 1, 3, ad init.: v. constitution, disposition. 2. tempĕrātio: the t. of the body when the various parts of which it is composed are in harmony with one another is health, corporis t. quum ea congruunt inter se e quibus constat sanitas, Cic. Tusc. 4, 13, 30: the discipline and t. of the state, disciplina ac t. civitatis, id. 4, 1, 1. 3. tempĕrāmentum: the material is the same but the t. differs, eadem est materia sed distat t., Plin. 9, 36, 61: we ought to observe a mean, but a due t. is difficult, modum tenere debemus, sed difficile est t., Sen. Clem. 1, 2, ad fin.: v. DUE MEAN. 4. tempĕrātūra: the t. of the body, t. corporis, Sen. Ep. 11, 6. Phr.: I am considered to have a phlegmatic t., lentus existimor, Cic. de Or. 2, 75, 305: a sanguine t., alacer ac promptus animus, Caes. B. G. 3, 19: v. preced. art.