tempus edax rerum

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

Latin.

time, devourer of all things.

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How to use tempus edax rerum in a sentence

But now seven years had added their transforming touch, tempus edax rerum.
The House of Walderne | A. D. Crake
Tempus ferax, tempus edax rerum—Time the producer, time the devourer of things.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources | James Wood
The first starts with an allusion to the Horatian tempus edax rerum.
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