I.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.
tempĕrātūra , ae, f. id.,