tempestivus, tempestiva, tempestivum:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st · comparison: positive
- Frequency:
- Lesser
seasonable; opportune, timely; physically in one's prime, ripe (for marriage);
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tempestivus | tempestivi |
| Gen. | tempestivi | tempestivorum |
| Dat. | tempestivo | — |
| Acc. | tempestivum | tempestivos |
| Voc. | tempestive | tempestivi |
| Abl. | tempestivo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tempestiva | tempestivae |
| Gen. | tempestivae | tempestivarum |
| Dat. | tempestivae | — |
| Acc. | tempestivam | tempestivas |
| Voc. | tempestiva | tempestivae |
| Abl. | tempestiva | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | tempestivum | tempestiva |
| Gen. | tempestivi | tempestivorum |
| Dat. | tempestivo | — |
| Acc. | tempestivum | tempestiva |
| Voc. | tempestivum | tempestiva |
| Abl. | tempestivo | — |
Examples
- P
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...coegerat iras, cum, bene fundatis opibus crescentis Iuli, tempestivus erat caelo Cythereius heros. ambieratque Venus superos colloque parentis..." - P
Dialogus de Oratoribus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...singulorum altiorem inter eos esse sermonem, "num parum tempestivus" inquit "interveni secretum consilium et causae alicuius meditationem tractantibus..."