season (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of the year1. tempus, ŏris, n.2. tempestas (time of the year, esp. with reference to the weather as favourable or unfavourable)II. Right or suitable time1. tempus2. opportūnĭtasIII. A somewhat brief period • season (subs.): I. Of the year: 1. tempus, ŏris, n.: at every s. of the year, omni t. anni, Cic. Verr. 4, 48, 107: the fourfold changes of the s.s, temporum commutationes quadripartitae, id. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: it was the winter s., erat hibernum t. anni, Cic. Rep. 1, 12: so the s.s, tempora anni, Lucr. 2, 33. 2. tempestas (time of the year, esp. with reference to the weather as favourable or unfavourable): while the s. smiles, quum t. arridet, Lucr. 2, 32. II. Right or suitable time: 1. tempus: esp. in certain phrr. in due s., tempore, Cic. Fam. 7, 18: in tempore, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123: also, at the appointed s., ad tempus, Cic. Att. 13, 45. 2. opportūnĭtas: in more abstract sense: cf. Cic. Off. 1, 40, 142, opportunitas idoneorum ad agendum temporum: v. opportunity. III. A somewhat brief period: in phr., for a s., in tempus, cf. Tac. A. 14, 20 (= temporarily, just for the occasion): or use paullisper (for a while): Cic.: Caes.
season (v.) Copy link Outline I. To flavour1. condio, 4 (both lit. and fig.)2. expr. by (sale) spargo, perspergo, si, sum, 3II. To harden and fit for use • season (v.): I. To flavour: 1. condio, 4 (both lit. and fig.): to s. most exquisitely (in cooking), ita c. ut nihil possit esse suavius, Cic. Fam. 7, 26: to s. ill, male c., Hor. S. 2, 8, 69: dignity s.'d with courtesy, gravitas comitate condita, Cic. Sen. 4, 10: Quint. 2. expr. by (sale) spargo, perspergo, si, sum, 3: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 13, init., litterae humanitatis sparsae sale: also, de Or. 1, 34, extr., facetiarum quidam lepos, quo tanquam sale perspergatur omnis oratio (s.'d or flavoured throughout with wit). II. To harden and fit for use: dūro, 1: v. to harden, inure.
SEASON Copy link • SEASON 1. s. Time of year, anni tempus: anni tempestas (with special reference to the weather). The four seasons, quatuor anni terapora (Cic.); commutationes tcmporum quadripartitae (Cic., Tusc., 1, 28, 89): Laelius commodiore anni tempore ad navigandum usus est (a better season; Caes.): change of seasons, annuae commutationes. Time, fit time; Vid. TIME, OPPORTUNITY 2. v. condire (PROP. and figuratively): sale alicujus rei spargere aliquid (figuratively; e.g., epistolae humanitatis sparsae sale): aliqua re tamquam sale perspergere aliquid (figuratively; e.g., orationem lepore). To season one’s discourse, sermonem condire: to season a discourse with wit, facetiarum lepore tamquam sale perspergere orationem: no man is better able to season his conversation with refined wit and the graces of style, nemo lepore, nemo suavitate conditior est: well-seasoned = inured to toil, duratus; ab usu alicujus rei duratus