temperans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of temperō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.rans/, [ˈt̪ɛmpɛrä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pe.rans/, [ˈt̪ɛmperäns]

Participle

temperāns (genitive temperantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. tempering

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia
genitive	temperantis			temperantium
dative	temperantī			temperantibus
accusative	temperantem	temperāns		temperantēs temperantīs	temperantia
ablative	temperante temperantī1			temperantibus
vocative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• temperantia

Adjective

temperāns (genitive temperantis, comparative temperantior, superlative temperantissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. restrained
2. self-controlled

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia
genitive	temperantis			temperantium
dative	temperantī			temperantibus
accusative	temperantem	temperāns		temperantēs	temperantia
ablative	temperantī			temperantibus
vocative	temperāns			temperantēs	temperantia

References

• “temperans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “temperans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• temperans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.