单词 | tempora mutantur |
释义 | tempora mutanturphr. A statement emphasizing the inevitability of change in human affairs and customs. A similar saying Omnia mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis is found in Delitiæ Poetarum Germanorum (1612) I. 685, where it is ascribed to the Emperor Lothair I by the author (who may be Matthias Borbonius), but there is no evidence that it has a medieval origin. The phrase tempora mutantur, however, occurs earlier in other contexts: see quot. c1440. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change [phrase] tempora mutantur1577 the wind has changed1615 here today and gone tomorrow1687 plus ça change1893 c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) x. 28 And þei founde þis y-wreten, Tempora mutantur; Homines deteriorantur;..this is to sey, ‘tymys ben chaungid; and men ben hyndred, or turnyd, or I-made worse.’] 1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. iii. iii. f. 99/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Oft in one age, diuers iudgementes doe passe vpon one maner of casse, wherby the saying of the Poet Tempora mutantur, & nos mutamur in illis. 1666 G. Torriano Proverbial Phrases 281/2 in Piazza Universale Times change, and we with them... [Note, 292/2] The Latin says the same, Tempora mutantur, et nos mutamur in illis.] 1855 W. Chappell Pop. Mus. I. 309 However unobjectionable this song may have been in Queen Mary's time, the three remaining stanzas would not be very courteously received in Queen Victoria's. Tempora mutantur. 1934 E. Blunden Mind's Eye 154 He could not repress an exclamatory Tempora mutantur. 1961 Times 7 Apr. 20/7 The Rugby-watching public can in no way afford to be smug. Tempora mutantur indeed, and..not so many years ago a boo would have caused apoplexy in older Rugby followers. 1978 J. I. M. Stewart Full Term iv. 56 ‘Giles has my old rooms..on the floor above this.’ ‘More tempora mutantur stuff.’ 1980 Times 7 May 18/2 Charlie Chan was always successful... This was ‘because’ he was Chinese... Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis, particularly the progeny of a nasty modern breed of censors... working up a protest against the revival of Charlie Chan. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < |
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