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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• time (subs.):
    1. I. Time generally, season, opportunity:
      1. 1. tempus, ŏris, n. (answering to most uses of Eng. time): t. is a part of eternity, tempus est pars quaedam aeternitatis, Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39: all my t. is open for my reading, omne t. mihi est ad meos libros vacuum, id. Rep. 1, 9, 14: I had foretold that they would come at that t., praedixeram ad id temporis venturos, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10: devouring t., t. edax rerum, Ov. M. 15, 234: now is the opportunity and t., nunc occasio'st et t., Pl. Ps. 4, 2, 3: it is quite t. for him to go home, t. maxume est ut eat domum, id. Mil. 4, 3, 8: it is t. for you to depart, t. abire tibi est, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215: I have no t., non est mihi t., id. Sat. 2, 4, 1: at a most dangerous t. for the republic, in periculosissimo reipublicae tempore, Cic. Flacc. 3, 6: doubtful and dangerous t.s, dubia formidolosaque tempora, id. Verr. 5, 1, 1: I wrote three books about my (critical) t., scripsi tres libros de t. meis, id. Fam. 1, 9, 23: with a gerundive: the t. for joining battle, t. committendi proelii, Caes. B. G. 2, 19: to spend t., t. sumere, consumere, degere: Cic.: to waste t., t. perdere: Cic. There are several adverbial uses: (i.) tempore (tempori, temperi): to perform one's duties in t., conficere officia temperi, Pl. Rud. 4, 2, 16: I will renew my recommendation, but at a convenient t., ego renovabo commendationem sed tempore, Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1: in t. the oxen come to the plough, tempore veniunt ad aratra juvenci, Ov. (ii.) in tempore: unless the infantry had come up to help just in t., nisi pedites in t. subvenissent, Liv. 33, 5. (iii.) ad tempus: to return at the right t., ad t. redire, Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2: which is generally short and for a t., quae plerumque brevis est et ad t., id. Off. 1, 18, 27. (iv.) in tempus: a stage built for the t., scena in t. structa, Tac. A. 14, 20. (v.) per tempus: you could'nt have come more at the right t., non potuisti magis per t. advenire, Pl. Men. 1, 2, 30.
      2. 2. tempestas, ātis, f., (a limited portion of t., a season): at the t. when the Carthaginian came into Italy, qua tempestate Poenus in Italiam venit, Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153: there was a t. when, t. fuit quum, Pl. Truc. 2, 4, 29: (the prevailing use of tempestas for time is in the ablat.).
      3. 3. dies, ei (space, length of t.; generally fem. in this use): that the dishonesty of the men may be weakened even by t., ut improbitas hominum infringatur ipsa die, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 1.
      4. 4. aetas, ātis, f., (age, period, generation): the heroic t.s, heroicae aetates, Cic. Tusc. 5, 3, 7: in poetry of time generally: t. brings all things, omnia fert ae., Virg. E. 9, 51.
      5. 5. aevum (mostly poetical): they passed their t., degebant ae., Lucr. 5, 1439: to all t., in ae., Hor. Od. 4, 14, 3.
      6. 6. sēcŭlum (an age): the licence of this t., licentia hujus seculi, Cic. Cael. 20, 48: to hand down to all t., in secula mittere, Luc. 10, 533.
      7. 7. spătium (space, period); in a short t., in brevi spatio, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2: you have forced me from my appointed t. for the defence into the limits of one half hour, me ex constituto spatio defensionis in curriculum semihorae coegisti, Cic. Rab. perd. 2, 6.
      8. 8. intervallum (interval): that I might see you after so long a t., ut te tanto intervallo viderem, Cic. Fam. 14, 15, 2.
      9. 9. occāsio, ōnis, f., (suitable t.): to seize the t., occasionem capere, Pl. Ps. 4, 3, 2: v. opportunity.
      10. 10. ōtium (leisure): that I may have t. for drinking, o. ad potandum ut habeam, Ter. Ph. 5, 5, 3: I have not t. to listen, non otium'st mi auscultandi, id. Ad. 3, 3, 65.
      11. 11. mŏra (waiting, respite): grief is ended by t., dolor finitus est m., Ov. Pont. 4, 11, 14: I had a little t., habui paullulum morae, Cic. Fam. 12, 12, 2. Phr.: a little t. before, after: paullo ante, post: in the mean t., interim, interea: at another t., alias: at the right, wrong t., tempestive (opportune), intempestive (inopportune): at t.s, interdum, nonnunquam: many t.s, saepius: t.s out of number, sexcenties: three, four t.s, etc., ter, quater, etc.: from t. to t., identidem: for the first t., primum: (in these adverbial phrases, to which some more might be added, time or times is not emphatic in English): a leading philosopher of our t., princeps hujus memoriae philosophorum, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5: in former t.s, superiore memoria, id. Balb. 11, 27: at an excellent t., optima opportunitate, Pl. Epid. 2, 2, 19: Go fast; S. Nay, I'll take my t., ambula cito; S. Immo otiose volo, Pl. Ps. 4, 1, 14: you come before your t., numero huc advenis, Pl. Men. 2, 2, 14: to tell the rest would take t., si alia memorem mora est, id. Capt. 4, 2, 126: there is no t. to lose, maturato opus est, Liv.: I have always t. for philosophy, philosophiae semper vaco, Cic. Div. 1, 6, 11: to ask for t. (delay), *petere moras, ut res differatur: not to waste t., ne morer, Cic.: to waste t., trahere moras, Virg. Aen. 10, 888: while Cato was speaking against t., Catone dicendi mora dies extrahente, Caes. B. C. 1, 32.
    2. II. Time of the day, hōra, what t. is it? h. quota est? Hor. S. 2, 6, 44: to ask the t., quaerere horas, Plin.
    3. III. Musical measure:
      1. 1. tempus, ŏris, n.: the trochee, which in t. and intervals is equal to the iambus, trochaeus qui temporibus et intervallis par est iambo, Cic. Or. 57, 194.
      2. 2. nŭmĕrus (regularity, t. in music): they raise their arms in t., brachia tollunt in numerum, Virg. G. 4, 175: as in music t., tune, and key, ut in musicis numeri et voces et modi, Cic. de Or. 1, 42, 187. Phr.: the maidens advanced beating t. with their feet to what they sang, virgines sonum vocis pulsu pedum modulantes incesserunt, Liv. 27, 37: to beat t. with the fingers, digitorum ictu intervalla signare, Quint. 9, 4, 51: to keep t., servare ictum, Hor. Od. 4, 6, 36: to step in t., numerosos ponere gressus, Ov. Pont. 4, 2, 33.