Dictionary formtempestas, tempestatis(feminine)
Translation
storm, tempest; weather; period of time
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | tempestas | tempestates |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | tempestas | tempestates |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | tempestatem | tempestates |
| Genitiveof | tempestatis | tempestatum |
| Dativeto, for | tempestati | tempestatibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | tempestate | tempestatibus |
Examples
fregit.
The storm broke the ship.
.
A great storm suddenly arose.
regnabat.
At that time a king was reigning.
.
The sailors were badly afraid of the storm.
quievit.
After the storm the sea grew calm.
Tempestas, tempestatis, f., third declension, built straight on tempus. The older meaning is simply a stretch of time, and it survives as a fixed phrase: Sallust's ea tempestate means "at that period", not "in that storm", and reading weather into it wrecks the sentence.
From "season" it went to "weather", and from "weather" it narrowed to bad weather, which is the dominant sense by the classical period. For good weather you have to say so: bona tempestas, or use serenitas. English took only the storm, so tempest is a false friend for the temporal sense and a good friend for everything else. The related tempestivus, "timely, seasonable", keeps the original meaning alive.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 6: tempestas, sidus, morbus and 7 more words.