O tempora! O mores!

[oh tem-poh-rah oh moh-reys; English oh tem-per-uh oh mawr-eez, mohr-]

Latin.

O times! O customs!

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British Dictionary definitions for o tempora! o mores!

O tempora! O mores!

sentence substitute

oh the times! oh the customs!: an exclamation at the evil of them

Word Origin for O tempora! O mores!

from Cicero's oration In Catilinam

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