tempus edax rerum

[ tem-poos -e-dahks -rey-room; English tem-puhs -ee-daks -reer-uhm ]

/ ˈtɛm pʊs ˈɛ dɑks ˈreɪ rʊm; English ˈtɛm pəs ˈi dæks ˈrɪər əm /

Save This Word!

Latin.

time, devourer of all things.

QUIZ

QUIZ YOURSELF ON AFFECT VS. EFFECT!

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Meet Grammar Coach

How to use tempus edax rerum in a sentence

Cert ante hoc tempus vix vnquam Gallis vacatum fuit conuertdis incolarum ad Christum animis.
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, Vol. II: Acadia, 1612-1614|Various
XV, 10: "Sex annis nil aliud feci quam non recuperabile tempus in vacuum terere."
Giovanni Boccaccio, a Biographical Study|Edward Hutton
Politici (novum enim hoc nomen ex novo negotio sub hoc tempus natum).
History of the Rise of the Huguenots|Henry Baird
Votum feci sancto Nicolao, ait peregrinus, nasum meum intactum fore usque ad—Quodnam tempus?
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman|Laurence Sterne

Sed orandi tempus non sinebat irasci, et ira non sinebat orare.
History of the Great Reformation, Volume IV|J. H. Merle D'Aubign