I.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.