temperāmentum
temperāmentum ‘das richtige Verhältnis gemischter Dinge, die gehörige Mischung, das rechte Maß, Mäßigung’
Von temperō (“launig, zuteilen, erregt, moderat sein”) + -mentum (resultative noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛm.pɛ.raːˈmɛn.tũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tem.pe.raˈmɛn.tum]
Noun
temperāmentum n (genitive temperāmentī); second declension
- a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure
- a moderation, proper proportion, balance, equilibrium
- temperament, disposition
- (Medieval Latin) rulership, control
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | temperāmentum | temperāmenta |
| genitive | temperāmentī | temperāmentōrum |
| dative | temperāmentō | temperāmentīs |
| accusative | temperāmentum | temperāmenta |
| ablative | temperāmentō | temperāmentīs |
| vocative | temperāmentum | temperāmenta |