tempĕrātūra, ae, f. [tempero],
due measure , proportion , composition , or quality; temper , temperament , temperature (anteclass. and post-Aug. for the class. temperatio): caeli temperatura, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 12: corporis, Sen. Ep. 11, 6: minii, Vitr. 7, 9: aeris, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97; cf. id. 34, 2, 5, § 10; 34, 8, 19, § 75: utilis ac salubris (in balneis), Sen. Ep. 86, 10: linire absque temperatura, with untempered mortar , Vulg. Ezech. 13, 11.