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.