tempus aestivum

Latin

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtem.pus esˈti.vum/, [ˈt̪ɛmpus esˈt̪iːvum]

tempus aestīvum n (genitive temporis aestīvī); third declension

(This entry is a descendant hub.) summer-time
- 1st century CE, Curtius Rufus, Histories of Alexander the Great, book 4:
  Caeli fulgor tempore aestivo ardenti similis internitens ignis praebuit speciem flammasque ex Darei castris splendere velut inlati temere praesidiis credebant.
  With summer-time in full blaze, the sky gleamed in a way that resembled fire, and [Alexander's soldiers] thought that they saw flames shining out from Darius' camp, as if they were under attack from the defenders.

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a second-declension adjective.

(All shortened by dropping tempus.)

Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “aestivus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 16
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “aestīvus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 234

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