attempero

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

at-tempĕro (adt-, Haase), āre, v. a.,

to fit , adjust , accommodate (only in the foll. exs.): gladium sibi adtemperare, i. e. accommodare, Sen. Ep. 30, 8: paenula, ut infundibulum inversum, est attemperata, Vitr. 10, 12, 2.—Hence, * attempĕrātē , adv., opportunely , seasonably , = accommodate, commode: Itane attemperate evenit, hodie in ipsis nuptiis Ut veniret, antehac numquam? Ter. And. 916.