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Meaning of temporalis | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
[tɛm.pɔˈraː.lɪs]

Definitions

  1. of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal
    declension-3, post-Augustan, two-termination, usually
  2. time
    declension-3, post-Augustan, relational, two-termination, usually
  3. (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the temples of the head
    Late-Latin, declension-3, two-termination

Equivalents

Examples

“ārae temporālēs”

altars [erected] for the occasion

“(prius enim nōmen est quam verbum temporāle et reliqua posterius quam nōmen et verbum)”

(for the noun is more important than the temporal word (verb) and the remaining (words) are secondary to the noun and verb)

“verbum temporāle”

a word denoting time, i.e. a verb

“nōmina temporālia (v.g. annus, mēnsis)”

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)

“vēnae temporālēs”

the temporal veins

“Temporālēs quoque vēnae cautēriīs inūruntur, ut meātum hūmōris exclūdant.”

The temporal veins are also burned (cauterized) by hot irons, so that they may prevent the passage of humor (fluid).

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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