temporalis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Late Latin temporālis (“of or belonging to the temples of the head”), ellipsis of mūsculus temporālis (“the temporal muscle”). Doublet of temporal. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɛm.pəˈɹeɪ.lɪs/ Rhymes: -eɪlɪs === Noun === temporalis (plural temporales) (anatomy) A fan-shaped muscle which arises from the surface of the temporal fossa and converges to an aponeurosis which contracts into a thick flat tendon inserted into the coronoid process of the mandible; it serves to raise the lower jaw and is involved in closing the mouth and chewing. Synonym: temporal muscle ==== Translations ==== === References === “temporalis”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “temporalis”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Anagrams === lamproites, pemirolast, peristomal == Latin == === Etymology === From tempus (“time; the temples of the head”) +‎ -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tɛm.pɔˈraː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tem.poˈraː.lis] === Adjective === temporālis (neuter temporāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (in general, chiefly post-Augustan) of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal ārae temporālēs ― altars [erected] for the occasion Antonym: perpetuus (in particular, grammar, relational) time verbum temporāle ― a word denoting time, i.e. a verb nōmina temporālia (v.g. annus, mēnsis) ― nouns of time (e.g. year, month) adverbia temporālia (v.g. prīdem, nunc, modo) ― adverbs of time (e.g. long ago, now, a little while ago) (Late Latin) (anatomy, relational) of or pertaining to the temples of the head vēnae temporālēs ― the temporal veins ==== Inflection ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “temporalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “temporalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "temporalis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tempŏrālis¹⁺²”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,552/3. temporalis in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016