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|lshtext=<b>tĕmĕrĭtas</b>: ātis,<br /><b>I</b> f [[temere]].<br /><b>I</b> Hap. [[chance]], [[accident]] (so [[rare]] [[but]] [[class]]., cf.: [[fortuna]]. [[casus]]): in quibus nulla [[temeritas]], sed [[ordo]] apparet, Cic. N. D. 2, 32, 82 [[quid]] [[enim]] [[sors]] est? Idem [[propemodum]], [[quod]] micare, [[quod]] talos jacere, [[quod]] tesseras quibus in rebus [[temeritas]] et [[casus]], non [[ratio]] nec [[consilium]] valet, id. Div 2, 41, 85 fortunam in temeritatem declinando corrumpebant, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 385, 5, cf. ([[Pacuvius]]) ait, verius esse temeritate [[quam]] [[fortuna]] res regi, Auct. Her. 2, 23, 36: [[illa]] superiora caduca et incerta posita non tam in consiliis nostris [[quam]] in fortunae temeritate, Cic. Lael. 6, 20.—<br /><b>II</b> Rashness, [[heedlessness]], [[thoughtlessness]], [[hastiness]], [[want]] of [[consideration]], [[indiscretion]], foolhardiness, [[temerity]]; a [[rash]], [[inconsiderate]], or [[unfounded]] [[opinion]] (the predom. signif. of the [[word]], syn.: [[inconsiderantia]], [[audacia]]): [[omnis]] [[actio]] vacare debet temeritate et [[neglegentia]], Cic. Off. 1, 29, 101. multi faciunt [[multa]] temeritate quādam, [[sine]] judicio vel [[modo]], id. ib. 1, 15, 49: [[numquam]] [[temeritas]] cum sapientiā miscetur. id. Marcell. 2, 7; duci ad judicandum impetu et temeritate, id. Planc. 4, 9: temeritatem cupiditatemque militum reprehendit, Caes. B. G. 7, 52: inpellit alios [[avaritia]], alios [[iracundia]] et [[temeritas]], id. ib, 7, 42; Sall. J. 7, 5; [[temeritas]] est florentis aetatis, [[prudentia]] senescentis, Cic. Sen. 6, 20; so opp [[prudentia]], Hirt. B. G. 8, 8; ([[with]] [[ignorantia]]) Cic. Ac. 1, 11, 42; ([[with]] [[inscitia]]) Liv 6, 30, 6; 42, 49, 5; ([[with]] [[inscientia]]) id. 22, 25, 12.—In <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>, [[rash]], [[inconsiderate]] acts, Cic. Sest. 28, 61; cf. Quint. 9, 4, 97>