Italian

Verb

temere

1. to fear
2. to beware

Conjugation

Synonyms

• avere paura

Related terms

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *temezi ‎(“in darkness, blindly”), a fossilised locative form of Proto-Indo-European *témHos ‎(“darkness”), from *temH- ‎(“dark”). Cognates include Sanskrit तमस् ‎(támas), Persian تم ‎(tam), and Latin tenebrae ‎(“darkness”).

Adverb

temerē ‎(not comparable)

1. by chance, by accident, at random
2. without design, intent, or purpose
3. casually, fortuitously, rashly, heedlessly, thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, indiscreetly, idly

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• English: temerity

References

• temere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• temere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “temere”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • quite accidentally, fortuitously: temere et fortuito; forte (et) temere
    
  • without reflection; inconsiderately; rashly: nullo consilio, nulla ratione, temere
    
  • to act reasonably, judiciously: prudenter, considerate, consilio agere (opp. temere, nullo consilio, nulla ratione)
    
  • to have no principles: omnia temere agere, nullo iudicio uti
    

Romanian

Etymology

teme +‎ -re

Noun

temere f ‎(plural temeri)

1. fear
2. faintheartedness

Synonyms

• (fear): teamă, spaimă, frică