English

Noun

temporalis

1. (anatomy) The temporal muscle.

Latin

Etymology

tempus ‎(“time”, anatomy, in the plural “temples [of the head]”) +‎ -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tem.poˈraː.lis/, [tẽ.poˈraː.lis]

Adjective

temporālis m, f ‎(neuter temporāle); third declension

1. (in general, chiefly post-Augustan) of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal

   ārae temporālēs‎ ― altars [erected] for the occasion

   1. (in particular, grammar) denoting time

      verbum temporāle‎ ― a word denoting time, i.e. a verb

      nōmina temporālia (v.g. annus, mensis)‎ ― nouns of time (e.g. year, month)

      adverbia temporālia (v.g. prīdem, nunc, modo)‎ ― adverbs of time (e.g. long ago, now, a little while ago)

2. of or belonging to the temples of the head

   vēnae temporālēs‎ ― the temporal veins

Declension

Third declension.

Antonyms

• (lasting but for a time, temporary): perpetuus

Derived terms

• temporālitās
• temporāliter

Descendants

References

• tempŏrālis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• temporalis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• TEMPORALIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tempŏrālis¹⁺²”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 1,552/3.
• temporalis in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016