tempera
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tempero, temperare, temperavi, temperatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
combine, blend, temper; make mild; refrain from; control oneself;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...iusserant. DAEM. Abi intro, ne molestu's, linguae tempera. ego tibi daturus nil sum, ne tu frustra..."Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...respue; si minus, vitio vitium repelle, spe metum tempera. Nihil tam certum est ex his quae timentur..."
Liber Octavus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tamen mulcere gementem temptat et ipse gemens et ~tempera~ dictis: 'mene aliquid meruisse putas, me talia velle? Valerius..."