tempus edax rerum

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

Latin.

1. time, devourer of all things.

Example Sentences

But now seven years had added their transforming touch, tempus edax rerum.

From Project Gutenberg

Tempus ferax, tempus edax rerum—Time the producer, time the devourer of things.

From Project Gutenberg

The first starts with an allusion to the Horatian tempus edax rerum.

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