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intemperiae

intempĕrĭae, ārum, f. plur. [2. intemperies], intemperateness, inclemency.
  • I Lit., of the weather: calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, Cato R. R. 141. —
  • II Trop., folly, madness, insanity: Quae te intemperiae tenent? what storm has got hold of you? i. e. what are you raving about? Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 24 (434): larvae hunc atque intemperiae insaniaeque agitant senem, id. Aul. 1, 1, 32 (71); 4, 4, 15 (642); id. Ep. 3, 4, 39 (475): intemperiarum pleni, disquietude, Gell. praef. § 19.

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