1.1 time

tempus, time; t. dūcere, agere, dēgere, spend time; t. terere, waste, lose time; t. (annus, diēs) intercēdit, intervenes, passes

aeternus, eternal, everlasting; noun aeternitās sempiternus, perennis, perpetual, enduring; noun perennitās

perpetuus, continuous, permanent; noun perpetuitāsverb perpetuāre, continue without stopping

aevum, period, age

aetās, age, lifetime

saeculum, age, lifetime, generation, century; duōbus saeculīs ante, 200 years before; aliquot saeculīs post, some centuries later

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compositiō annī, calendar

year

annus, year; integer a., complete y.; annō interiectō, after a y.; annō vertente, in the course of a year; intrā trēs annōs, within three y.; multīs post annīs or multīs annīs post, after many y.; priōre annō, in the previous y.; superior annus, the previous y.

annuus, lasting a year, yearly

anniversārius, yearly

annōtinus, last year's

perennis, lasting a year

quotannīs, yearly, annually

biennium, space of two years;

triennium, do. of three;

quadriennium, do. of four;

quīnquennium, do. of five 

lūstrum, period of five years

mēnsis, month; adj. mēnstruus bimēnstris, lasting two months

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quandō? when

cum, quandō, ubi, ut, quō tempore, when

simulac, as soon as

quamdiū? quātenus? how long?

quamdiū, as long as

dum, whilst

intereā, interim, meanwhile

simul, at the same time

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spatium, space of time; s. nancīscī, gain time

tempus breve, short time

pūnctum temporis, moment

mōmentō temporis, at the decisive moment

q.v. seasons, 11.1

day

diēs, day; in diēs singulōs, daily; diem dīcendō eximere, spend the day in talking; diem sūmere ad Actg, choose a day for;adj. diurnus, by d.

lūce, lūcī, interdiū, by day, in the daytime

bīduum, space of two days; trīduum, of three; quadrīduum, of four; trīduō intermissō, after an interval of three days; hebdomas, seven days

hōra, hour

hōrae, clock; sōlārium, sundial, clock 

antelūcānus, before dawn

dīlūcēscere, illūcēscere, dawn; noun dīlūculum

lūcet, lūcēscit, it is dawning

prīmā lūce, ortō sōle, lūce ortā, at dawn, sunrise

māne, morning; adj. mātūtīnus

ante merīdiem, in the forenoon; adj. antemerīdiānus; merīdiēs, noon; post merīdiem, dē merīdiē, in the afternoon; adj. postmerīdiānus

crepusculum, dusk

vesper, vespera, evening; prīmō vespere or prīmā vesperī [hōrā], in first evening hour; adv. vesperī; pervesperī, very late in the evening; adj. vespertīnus; verb vesperāscere

sōlis occāsū, at sunset

prīma fax, early torchlight (just after dark)

nox, night; sub noctem, towards nightfall; prīmā nocte, at nightfall, early in the night; nocte intermissā, n. having meanwhile fallen; mediā nocte, at midnight; proximā nocte, last n.; multā nocte, late at n.; ad multam noctem, far into n.; adv. noctū; adj. nocturnus, by n.; pernoctāre, spend the n.; vigilia, quarter of the n. (about three hours); prīma, secunda, tertia, quarta v.

sērus, late, too late; adv. sērō, too late

hīs paucīs diēbus, a few days ago

nudiūs tertius, the day before yesterday herī, yesterday; adj. hesternus

hodiē, to-day; adj. hodiernus

crās, to-morrow; adj. crāstinus

diēs crāstinus, the morrow (in the future); diē posterō, on the morrow (of a past date) perendiē, on the day after to-morrow; adj. perendinus

diēs superior, the previous day

prīdiē, on the day before

postrīdie, posterō diē, on the day after, on the next day

post diem quīntum, after five days

cottīdiē, adv. daily; adj. cottīdiānus

from A Handbook of the Latin Language by Walter Ripman (1930). Transcribed by Carolus Raeticus (2011).

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