Glossary entry

Latin term or phrase:

tempus vernum

English translation:

Springtime

Added to glossary by Krzysztof Laskowski
Jan 29, 2012 19:58
12 yrs ago
Latin term

tempus vernum

Latin to English Other Philosophy
Term on a document given to Liberty Church, PCA, in Owings Mills, Maryland, USA, during an English speaking adult Sunday School class study of the Westminster Confession that has to be defined for next Sunday's class.
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Feb 12, 2012 09:02: Krzysztof Laskowski Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

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Springtime

Tempus is a noun "time" and vernum is a neuter adjective "of spring".
Peer comment(s):

agree Stephen C. Farrand : This is the title of an Enya song. Although the Romans used the phrase "verno tempore" [in the spring time or spring season, ablative case], they did not say this, if the Perseus text collection is to be believed.
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agree Giusi Pasi
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agree Dominic Galante
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agree Veronika McLaren
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agree Judit Babcsányi
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Tempus vernum

I agree with the above posts as well. Vernum can also be used a substantive adjective, usually in the ablative of time when, that can replace the entire phrase tempore verno. For example, this sentence in Pliny the Elder (19.33):

In hoc mirum imas eius radices crescere hieme, verno autem, cum apparuerit viola, minui ac contrahi, tunc deinde bulbum pinguescere.
Example sentence:

in hoc mirum imas eius radices crescere hieme, verno autem, cum apparuerit viola, minui ac contrahi, tunc deinde bulbum pinguescere.

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