Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
tempora

tempora

9.9
Times or tenses in grammar and the side regions of the head
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛmpərə/
  • Specialized
: tiempos
  • Upstream, Muscular, Tempora, PRISM.

Examples

  • O tempora, o mores.

    Anthony Adverse (1936)

  • I would just ask my friends, or, when they weren't around, a random person in Tempora Heroica, the #1 guild on our server.

    Blog text (21)

  • In linguistics, the study of verb conjugation often involves understanding various tempora that indicate different times.

  • The professor explained how different tempora can change the meaning of a sentence in English grammar.

  • When examining ancient texts, scholars often analyze the tempora used to better understand the historical context.

Synonyms

tense
vstempora
  • Specialized
55 3.7

A verb form that shows when something happens, like past or future

is plural used to mean several times or instances rather than one

Surface Forms

tempora singular
temporae plural

Etymology

Tempora is the Latin plural of tempus, which means 'time'. You can see the same root in English words like temporary and tempo, so tempora in grammar means 'times' or 'tenses', and it was also the Latin word used for the 'temples' at the sides of the head.