intempestivus
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
in-tempestīvus: a, um, adj.,
I untimely, unseasonable, inopportune, inconvenient.
I Lit.: postes intempestivos excisos credo, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 141: imbres, Lucr. 2, 873; 929; 6, 1101: amicitia numquam intempestiva est, Cic. Lael. 6: epistula, id. Att. 4, 14: cupido, Ov. M. 10, 689: intempestivā turbantes festa Minervā, i. e. by their unseasonable spinning, id. ib. 4, 33: immodica et intempestiva libido, Vell. 2, 68, 4: quid hoc joco intempestivius, Val. Max. 7, 8, 9: gula, gratified at unseasonable times, Suet. Vit. 13: intempestivo partu extracto, premature, Amm. 23, 2, 17.—
II Transf., that acts or does a thing unseasonably: anseres continuo clamore intempestivi, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 363.— Adv. in two forms.
1 Form intempestīvē, out of season, unseasonably: accedere, Cic. Off. 1, 25: adire ad aliquem, id. Fam. 11, 16; Liv. 45, 21: fovere vulnera mentis, Ov. P. 4, 11, 19; Phaedr. 3, 19, 12: juvare, Tac. A. 2, 23.—
2 Form intempestīvīter, unseasonably: dicere, Gell. 4, 20 in lemm.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
intempestīvus,¹¹ a, um, qui est hors de saison, déplacé, inopportun, intempestif : Lucr. 2, 873 ; Cic. Læl. 22 ; Att. 4, 14, 2
