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

1. a mixture of things in proper proportion or measure
2. a moderation, proper proportion, balance, equilibrium
3. temperament, disposition
4. (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