ad tempus

Latin

Adverb

ad tempus (not comparable)

1. on time, in time, punctually
2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) temporarily
   • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 1 10:

     Aedilis praeter Comitium ac Forum basilicasque etiam Capitolium ornavit porticibus ad tempus extructis […]

     As aedile, besides the Comitium and the Forum and its basilicas, Caesar decorated the Capitol too, temporarily erecting colonnades […]

3. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) for the current time, for a while, at present
   • 44 BCE, Cicero, Laelius de Amicitia 15.53:

     Coluntur tamen simulatione dumtaxat ad tempus.

     But they are only honoured by pretense for a while.

Related terms

• tempus

References

• “tempus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tempus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “ad ~”, under “tempus” on page 1916/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)