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O tempora! O mores!
[ oh tem-poh-rah oh moh-reys; English oh tem-per-uh oh mawr-eez, mohr- ]
Latin.
- O times! O customs!
O tempora! O mores!
/ əʊ ˈtɛmpɔːrɑː əʊ ˈmɔːreɪz /
sentence substitute
- oh the times! oh the customs!: an exclamation at the evil of them
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Word History and Origins
Origin of O tempora! O mores!1
from Cicero's oration In Catilinam
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Example Sentences
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“O tempora o mores”? Weltanschauung?
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Mr. Millstein wrote that the jazz policy was “the newest case of O Tempora O Mores, an affliction producing glass office buildings on Park Avenue and frozen blintzes in grocery stores.”
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One, being in haste, did skewer his tongue to his palate with it I hear; O tempora, O mores!
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O tempora, o mores--there you are!
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But as Cicero knew a politician can't go wrong exclaiming, "O tempora, O mores!" – decrying modern times and declaring that things were better in the past.
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