moment Copy link Outline I. ImportanceII. A very brief space of time1. punctum temporis2. mōmentum (not in Cic.) • moment: I. Importance: mōmentum: esp. in such phr. as magno, maximo m. esse: v. importance (I.). II. A very brief space of time: 1. punctum temporis: at the very same m., p. temporis eodem, Cic. Sext. 24, 53: in a m., temporis puncto, Caes. B. C. 2, 25: also puncto horae, Hor. Ep. 2., 2, 172. (N.B.--Punctum temporis strictly implies no duration of time at all; whereas momentum temporis usu. does.) 2. mōmentum (not in Cic.): usu. with horae, temporis: in a m., momento temporis, Liv. 21, 33, med.: horae momento, Hor. S. 1, 1, 8: but also simply momento, Sen. N. Q. 3, 27, 3 (parvo momento, Caes. B. C. 2. 6 = by a very short interval of time). Phr.: (1). in a m., i. e. presently, statim, confestim v. immediately. (2). for a m., a few m.s, parumper, paullisper: for the difference between these, see little, adj. (Phr.). (3). to the m., i. e. the very m., ad tempus, Caes. B. G. 4, 23. (4). at this very m., nunc quum maxime (also as one word, quummaxime): Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 2: at the very m. of his thus speaking, haec quum maxime loqueretur, Cic. Verr. 5, 54, 142. Sometimes moment = time: esp. in such phrr. as a favourable or unfavourable m., tempus opportunum, adversum; at so critical a m., tali tempore; at the very m., ipso tempore: v. time.
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.
Moment Copy link Outline I. das Moment = Punkt, Grund (w. ...II. der M. = Augenblick, ... Moment, I. das Moment = Punkt, Grund (w. vgl.): punctum (z.B. puncta argumentorum) ratio (der Grund, z.B. gravissima). ein entscheidendes, wesentliches M., momentum: ein wesentliches, entscheidendes Moment bei etwas mit abgeben, esse inter momenta alcis rei (z.B. pacis). II. der M. = Augenblick, w. s.