intempĕrĭae, ārum, f. plur. [2. intemperies], intemperateness, inclemency.
- I. Lit., of the weather: calamitates intemperiasque prohibessis, Cato, R. R. 141.
- II. Trop., folly, madness, insanity: Quae te intemperiae tenent? what storm has got hold of you? i. e. what are you raving about? Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 24: larvae hunc atque intemperiae insaniaeque agitant senem, id. Aul. 1, 1, 32; 4, 4, 15; id. Ep. 3, 4, 39: intemperiarum pleni, disquietude, Gell. praef. § 19.