temere

See also: temeré

Italian

Etymology

From Latin timēre. Compare Spanish temer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /teˈme.re/
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  • Rhymes: -ere
  • Hyphenation: te‧mé‧re

Verb

temére (first-person singular present tèmo or (traditional) témo, first-person singular past historic temétti or (traditional) temètti, past participle temùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive) to fear [+direct object] or [+ di (infinitive)] or [+ che (subjunctive)]
  2. (intransitive) to fear, to be concerned [+ per (someone) = about] or [+ di (someone/something) = about] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation
    Conjugation of temére (-ere) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive temére
auxiliary verb avére gerund temèndo
present participle temènte past participle temùto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present tèmo, témo1 tèmi, témi1 tème, téme1 temiàmo teméte tèmono, témono1
imperfect temévo temévi teméva temevàmo temevàte temévano
past historic temétti, temètti1 temésti temétte, temètte1 temémmo teméste teméttero, temèttero1
future temerò temerài temerà temerémo temeréte temerànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present temerèi temerésti temerèbbe, temerébbe temerémmo temeréste temerèbbero, temerébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present tèma, téma1 tèma, téma1 tèma, téma1 temiàmo temiàte tèmano, témano1
imperfect teméssi teméssi temésse teméssimo teméste teméssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
tèmi, témi1 tèma, téma1 temiàmo teméte tèmano, témano1
negative imperative non temére non tèma, non téma1 non temiàmo non teméte non tèmano, non témano1

1Traditional.

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *temezi (“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos (“darkness”), from *temH- (“dark”). Cognate with Sanskrit तमस् (támas), Persian تم (tam), Latin tenebrae (“darkness”).[1]

Compare this form here simply adverbial with the history of Latin present active infinitive.

Adverb

temere (not comparable)

  1. by chance, by accident, at random
    Synonym: forte
  2. without design, intent, or purpose
  3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly
    Synonym: passim

Derived terms

References
  • “temere”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “temere”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • temere in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    • to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    • to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 609

Romanian

Etymology

From teme +‎ -re.

Noun

temere f (plural temeri)

  1. fear
    Synonyms: teamă, spaimă, frică
  2. faintheartedness
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