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

Verb

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

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 supine stem, no perfect stem)
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	temneris, temnere	temnitur	temnimur	temniminī	temnuntur
	imperfect	temnēbar	temnēbāris, temnēbāre	temnēbātur	temnēbāmur	temnēbāminī	temnēbantur
	future	temnar	temnēris, temnēre	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	temnāris, temnāre	temnātur	temnāmur	temnāminī	temnantur
	imperfect	temnerer	temnerēris, temnerēre	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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		temnere	—	—	temnī	—	—
participles		temnēns	—	—	—	—	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