Latin Phrase-Book. Auden Henry William
waste time on something.
tempus conferre ad aliquid– to employ one's time in…
tempus tribuere alicui rei– to devote time to anything.
tempus non amittere, perdere– to lose no time.
nullum tempus intermittere, quin (also ab opere, or ad opus) – to devote every spare moment to…; to work without intermission at a thing.
tempus ducere– to spend time.
aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre– to put off till another time; to postpone.
nihil mihi longius est or videtur quam dum or quam ut– I cannot wait till…
nihil mihi longius est quam (c. Inf.) – nothing is more tiresome to me than…
tempus (spatium) deliberandi or ad deliberandum postulare, dare, sibi sumere– to require, give, take time for deliberation.
paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dare– to give some one a few days for reflection.
tempori servire, 28 cedere– to accommodate oneself to circumstances.
ex quo tempore or simply ex quo– since the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence).
eo ipso tempore, cum; tum ipsum, cum– at the same moment that, precisely when.
incidunt tempora, cum– occasions arise for…
tempus (ita) fert (not secum) – circumstances demand.
tempus maximum est, ut– it is high time that…
haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoria– the present day.
his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his (not nostris) diebus– in our time; in our days.
nostra aetas multas victorias vidit– our generation has seen many victories.
memoria patrum nostrorum– in our fathers' time.
aetate (temporibus) Periclis– in the time of Pericles.
antiquis 29 temporibus– in old days, in the olden time.
libera re publica– in the time of the Republic.
tempora Caesariana– the imperial epoch.
media quae vocatur aetas– the middle ages.
Pericles summus vir illius aetatis– Pericles, the greatest man of his day.
Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior– Pericles, the greatest man of his day.
Pericles, vir omnium, qui tum fuerunt, clarissimus– Pericles, the greatest man of his day.
vir ut temporibus illis doctus– a man of considerable learning for those times.
tempore progrediente– in process of time.
primo quoque tempore– at the first opportunity.
hoc tempore– at this moment.
puncto temporis– in an instant.
momento 30 temporis– at the important moment.
in ipso discrimine (articulo) temporis– just at the critical moment.
temporis causa– on the spur of the moment.
ad tempus 31 adesse– to be there at a given time.
ad exiguum tempus– for a short time.
brevis or exigui temporis– for a short time.
satis longo intervallo– after a fairly long interval.
spatio temporis intermisso– after some time.
in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)– at present; for the moment.
in posterum; in futurum– for the future.
in perpetuum– for ever.
semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque etiam– more than once; repeatedly.
futura providere (not praevidere) – to foresee the future.
futura or casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere– to foresee the far distant future.
futura non cogitare, curare– to take no thought for the future.
saeculi 32 consuetudo or ratio atque inclinatio temporis (temporum)– the spirit of the times, the fashion.
his moribus– according to the present custom, fashion.
9. Year – Seasons
praeterito anno (not praeterlapso) – in the past year.
superiore, priore anno– last year.
proximo anno– (1) last year; (2) next year.
insequenti(e) anno (not sequente) – in the following year.
anno 33 peracto, circumacto, interiecto, intermisso– after a year has elapsed.
anno vertente– in the course of the year.
initio anni, ineunte anno– at the beginning of the year.
exeunte, extremo anno– at the end of the year.
singulis annis, diebus– year by year; day by day.
quinto quoque anno– every fifth year.
ad annum– a year from now.
amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annis– it is more than twenty years ago.
viginti anni et amplius, aut plus– twenty years and more.
abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annis– twenty years ago.
quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidi– I have not seen you for five years.
quinque annos or sextum (iam) annum abest– he has been absent five years.
anno ab urbe condita quinto– in the fifth year from the founding of the city.
commutationes temporum quadripartitae– the succession of the four seasons.
verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno tempore– in spring, summer, autumn, winter time.
ineunte, primo vere– at the beginning of spring.
ver appetit– spring is approaching.
suavitas verni temporis– the charms of spring.
summa aestate, hieme– in the height of summer, depth of winter.
hiems subest– winter is at hand.
hiemem tolerare– to bear the winter.
anni descriptio– the division of the year (into months, etc.)
annus (mensis, dies) intercalaris– the intercalary year (month, day).
fasti– the calender (list of fasts and festivals).
10. Day – Divisions of the Day
ante lucem– before daybreak.
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