extemplō (original uncontracted form extempŭlo, Plaut. Aul. 1, 2, 15; id. Cist. 1, 1, 98; 2, 3, 30; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 44; id. Mil. 2, 5, 51; id. Poen. 1, 1, 55), adv. [from ex and tempulum, dim. of templum, in a moment, an instant; hence, like ex tempore], immediately, straightway, forthwith, quickly, without delay (mostly ante-class. and post-Aug.; in Plaut. more than sixty times; only once in Cic.; not in Caes. or Quint.; syn.: repente, subito, statim, continuo).
I In gen.: verrunt extemplo placidum mare, Enn. ap. Gell. 2, 26 (Ann. v. 377 ed. Vahl.): extemplo me necato et filiam, id. in Varr. L. L. 7, § 13 Müll.; Trag. v. 234 ed. Vahl.): quin occidisti extemplo? Plaut. Rud. 3, 6, 3: erubescit: quid respondeat nescit: quid fingat extemplo non habet, * Cic. Rosc. Com. 3, 8; alii gerendum (bellum) extemplo, antequam, etc., Liv. 41, 1, 1: haec extemplo in invidiam, mox etiam in perniciem verterunt, id. 39, 48, 1; so with mox and postremo, id. 40, 48, 6: dixit et extemplo sensit, etc., Verg. A. 2, 376 et saep.—
II Esp.
A Corresp. to the temporal and conditional particles ubi, ut, cum, quando, postquam, si.—With ubi : eaque extemplo, ubi, etc., Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 80; so id. Capt. 3, 4, 27; Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13. —With ut : utque impulit (Turnus) arma: Extemplo turbati animi, etc., Verg. A. 8, 3; so Plin. Pan. 55, 9.—With cum : cum ... extemplo, Curt. 4, 16, 8.—With quando , etc.: adambulabo ad ostium, ut, quando exeat, Extemplo, etc., Plaut. Bacch. 4, 5, 9: postquam introii, extemplo ejus morbum cognovi miser, Ter. Hec. 373.—With si : si umquam ... extemplo, etc., Naev. ap. Gell. 2, 19, 6; so Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 52; id. Rud. 2, 3, 74; id. Truc. 1, 1, 24 al.—
B In Plaut. repeatedly: quom (or quoniam) extemplo = ἐπεὶ τάχιστα, as soon as : aedes quom extemplo sunt paratae ... laudant fabrum, Plaut. Most. 1, 2, 18; cf. id. Merc. 2, 2, 24; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 70; id. Ps. 3, 2, 15: quom extemplo ad forum advenero, omnes loquentur, etc., id. Capt. 4, 2, 6; cf. id. Trin. 3, 2, 99.—
II At once , i. e. at first = primum (very rare), Liv. 22, 12, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; Stat. Ach. 2, 88.—See Hand, Turs. II. pp. 669- 674.