FromProto-Indo-European*tm̥-ne-h₁-ti, nasal-infix from*temh₁-(“to cut”). See alsoLatintondeō,tempus,templum, Ancient Greekτέμνω(témnō).
temnō (present infinitivetemnere);third conjugation, noperfect orsupine stems
- todespise,scorn,defy,treat withcontempt, bedisdainful,slight
29BCE – 19BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid1.542–543:
- “Sī genus hūmānum et mortāliatemnitis arma,
at spērāte deōs memorēs fandī atque nefandī.”- “Ifyou 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].”
No perfect or supine forms.
- “temno”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “temno”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- temno inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- temno inRamminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed))Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016