temno

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tm̥-ne-h₁-ti, nasal-infix from *temh₁- (“to cut”). See also Latin tondeō, tempus, templum, Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.noː/, [ˈt̪ɛmnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.no/, [ˈt̪ɛmno]

Verb

temnō (present infinitive temnere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. to despise, scorn, defy, treat with contempt, be disdainful, slight
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.542–543:

     “Sī genus hūmānum et mortālia temnitis arma,
     at spērāte deōs memorēs fandī atque nefandī.”

     “If you despise the human race and mortal armor, at least expect the gods [to be] mindful of [those actions] which are speakable and also the abominable [actions; i.e., right and wrong].”

Conjugation

No perfect or supine forms.

   Conjugation of temnō (third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	temnō		temnis		temnit		temnimus		temnitis		temnunt
	imperfect	temnēbam		temnēbās		temnēbat		temnēbāmus		temnēbātis		temnēbant
	future	temnam		temnēs		temnet		temnēmus		temnētis		temnent
passive	present	temnor		temnere, temneris		temnitur		temnimur		temniminī		temnuntur
	imperfect	temnēbar		temnēbāre, temnēbāris		temnēbātur		temnēbāmur		temnēbāminī		temnēbantur
	future	temnar		temnēre, temnēris		temnētur		temnēmur		temnēminī		temnentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	temnam		temnās		temnat		temnāmus		temnātis		temnant
	imperfect	temnerem		temnerēs		temneret		temnerēmus		temnerētis		temnerent
passive	present	temnar		temnāre, temnāris		temnātur		temnāmur		temnāminī		temnantur
	imperfect	temnerer		temnerēre, temnerēris		temnerētur		temnerēmur		temnerēminī		temnerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		temne		—		—		temnite		—
	future	—		temnitō		temnitō		—		temnitōte		temnuntō
passive	present	—		temnere		—		—		temniminī		—
	future	—		temnitor		temnitor		—		—		temnuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		temnere			temnī			temnēns			—
future		—			—			—			temnendus, temnundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		temnendī		temnendō		temnendum		temnendō		—		—

Derived terms

• contemnō

References

• “temno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “temno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• temno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• temno in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016