in-tempĕrĭes, ēi, f., intemperateness, inclemency.
I Lit.: caeli, Liv. 8, 18: aquarum, immoderate rains , id. 3, 31.— Hence, transf., a tempest , storm , i. e. calamity : intemperies modo in nostram advenit domum, Plaut. Capt. 4, 4, 3.—
II Trop.
A Intemperate behavior , outrageous conduct , fury , madness , insanity , folly : amici, Cic. Att. 4, 6: cohortium, Tac. H. 1, 64: mulierum, Gell. 1, 23, 11: intemperies ista quae μελαγχολία dicitur, id. 18, 7, 4.— Plur. : has ejus (Xanthippes) intemperies in maritum demirari, Gell. 1, 17, 2. —
B In gen., intemperance : ebrietatis, Just. 12, 13, 10.