tempus
Roman word, fleeting
Tempus is Latin for time, appearing in English phrases and expressions borrowed from that language.
Tempus fugit (time flies) is the most common, often seen on clocks and sundials or invoked when remarking on time's swift passage.
The word surfaces in legal and musical terminology, and in the Harry Potter series as a time-revealing spell.
Temporal ordering of events
- eraDistinct historical period
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- eonsImmense spans of time
- centuriesHundred-year periods
decades · millennium · age · interval · moment · instant · timeline · season
Very old indeed
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- primordialExisting from the start
- medievalOf the Middle Ages
bygone · olden · venerable · prehistoric · mythical · ancestral · ruins · relic
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
- measureUnit of quantity
timing · pace · syncopation · groove · swing · flow · downbeat · backbeat
Passing very quickly
- transienceBrevity of existence
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
momentary · passing · vanishing · elapse · brevity · mortality · swift · hasten
chronology
Temporal ordering of events
centuries · decades · millennium · age · interval · moment · instant · timeline · season · calendar
ancient
Very old indeed
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- primordialExisting from the start
medieval · bygone · olden · venerable · prehistoric · mythical · ancestral · ruins · relic · heritage
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
measure · timing · pace · syncopation · groove · swing · flow · downbeat · backbeat · rubato
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- transienceBrevity of existence
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- impermanenceQuality of not lasting
evanescent · momentary · passing · vanishing · elapse · brevity · mortality · swift · hasten · hurry
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- Neumespunctum, virga, trigon, liquescent, mora
- temporary tattoosRemovable body art
- temporal lobesSide brain regions for hearing
- temporary housingNon-permanent place to live
- tempo changes
- temporary workerStaff hired briefly
- temporary reliefFleeting alleviation of distress
tempo, temporal, temporary, contemporary, extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, tempest, tempestuous