noun

intempĕrĭae

gen. intempĕriārum · gender feminine

plur. [2. intemperies]

intemperateness; inclemency

intemperateness, inclemency.

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Lit., of the weather: calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, Cato, R. R. 141. —

folly; madness; insanity figuratively •

Trop., folly, madness, insanity: Quae te intemperiae tenent? what storm has got hold of you? i. e. what are you raving about? Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 24: larvae hunc atque intemperiae insaniaeque agitant senem, id. Aul. 1, 1, 32; 4, 4, 15; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: intemperiarum pleni, disquietude, Gell. praef. § 19.

Perseus ID: n24126 Key: intemperiae