_tempus praeterit, transit_—time passes.
_tempus habere alicui rei_—to have time for a thing.
_tempus mihi deest ad aliquid faciendum_—I have no time to do something.
_tempus consumere in aliqua re_—to pass one's time in doing something.
_tempus terere, conterere (in) aliqua re_—to waste time on something.
_tempus conferre ad aliquid_—to employ one's time in...
_tempus tribuere alicui rei_—to devote time to anything.
_tempus non amittere, perdere_—to lose no time.
_nullum tempus intermittere, quin_ (also _ab opere_, or _ad opus_)—to
devote every spare moment to...; to work without intermission at a
thing.
_tempus ducere_—to spend time.
_aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differre_—to put off till
another time; to postpone.
_nihil mihi longius est_ or _videtur quam dum_ or _quam ut_—I cannot
wait till...
_nihil mihi longius est quam_ (c. Inf.)—nothing is more tiresome to me
than...
_tempus (spatium) deliberandi_ or _ad deliberandum postulare, dare,
sibi sumere_—to require, give, take time for deliberation.
_paucorum dierum spatium ad deliberandum dare_—to give some one a few
days for reflection.
_tempori servire,_[1] _cedere_—to accommodate oneself to circumstances.
_ex quo tempore_ or simply _ex quo_—since the time that, since (at the
beginning of a sentence).
_eo ipso tempore, cum; tum ipsum, cum_—at the same moment that,
precisely when.
_incidunt tempora, cum_—occasions arise for...
_tempus (ita) fert_ (not _secum_)—circumstances demand.
_tempus maximum est, ut_—it is high time that...
_haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoria_—the present day.
_his temporibus, nostra (hac) aetate, nostra memoria, his_ (not
_nostris_) _diebus_—in our time; in our days.
_nostra aetas multas victorias vidit_—our generation has seen many
victories.
_memoria patrum nostrorum_—in our fathers' time.
_aetate (temporibus) Periclis_—in the time of Pericles.
_antiquis_[2] _temporibus_—in old days, in the olden time.
_libera re publica_—in the time of the Republic.
_tempora Caesariana_—the imperial epoch.
_media quae vocatur aetas_—the middle ages.
_Pericles summus vir illius aetatis_—Pericles, the greatest man of his
day.
_Pericles, quo nemo tum fuit clarior_—Pericles, the greatest man of
his day.
_Pericles, vir omnium, qui tum fuerunt, clarissimus_—Pericles, the
greatest man of his day.
_vir ut temporibus illis doctus_—a man of considerable learning for
those times.
_tempore progrediente_—in process of time.
_primo quoque tempore_—at the first opportunity.
_hoc tempore_—at this moment.
_puncto temporis_—in an instant.
_momento_[3] _temporis_—at the important moment.
_in ipso discrimine (articulo) temporis_—just at the critical moment.
_temporis causa_—on the spur of the moment.
_ad tempus_[4] _adesse_—to be there at a given time.
_ad exiguum tempus_—for a short time.
_brevis_ or _exigui temporis_—for a short time.
_satis longo intervallo_—after a fairly long interval.
_spatio temporis intermisso_—after some time.
_in praesentia, in praesens (tempus)_—at present; for the moment.
_in posterum; in futurum_—for the future.
_in perpetuum_—for ever.
_semel atque iterum; iterum ac saepius; identidem; etiam atque
etiam_—more than once; repeatedly.
_futura providere_ (not _praevidere_)—to foresee the future.
_futura_ or _casus futuros (multo ante) prospicere_—to foresee the far
distant future.
_futura non cogitare, curare_—to take no thought for the future.
_saeculi_[5] _consuetudo_ or _ratio atque inclinatio temporis
(temporum)_—the spirit of the times, the fashion.
_his moribus_—according to the present custom, fashion.
[1] The verb _servire_ helps to form several phrases, e.g. _servire
valetudini_, to be a valetudinarian; _iracundiae_, to be unable to
restrain one's anger; _brevitati_, to be concise; _communi utilitati_,
to be devoted to the public good, etc.
[2] _antiquitas_ = the state of affairs in times gone by, not a
division of time; so _antiquitatis studia_, archaeology; _veteres_ or
_antiqui poetae, populi_, the poets, people of antiquity; _antiqua
monumenta_, the relics of antiquity. _antiquitates_ plur. is used for
the institutions, usages of times gone by.
[3] _momentum_ (i.e. _movimentum_) is properly that which sets in
motion, which gives a decisive impulse to things, cf. Luc. iv. 819,
_momentumque fuit mutatus Curio rerum_. Livy and later writers employ
the word in the sense of a moment of time.
[4] _ad tempus_ also means (1) according to the circumstances of the
case, e.g. _ad tempus consilium capere_, (2) for a short time,
temporarily.
[5] The _spirit_ of a thing is usually rendered by such words as
_natura, proprietas, ratio atque voluntas_, e.g. the spirit, genius of
a language, _natura_ or _proprietas sermonis_; the spirit of the laws,
_voluntas et sententia legum_.