The passage would have been no less true if it had stood, "Nos mutamur ettempora mutantur in nobis.
It has been said, "Tempora mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.
Verily, if tempora mutantur, we may question the et nos mutamur in illis; and if tongues be leaky, it will need all hands at the pumps to save the Ship of State.
Potitii only are here mentioned) "pellibus in morem cincti," and the Salii "populeis evincti tempora ramis.
Livy there says that he devoted himself to the early annals of Rome that he might shut his eyes to the evils of his own time--"tempora quibus nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus.
Tempora Mutantur," a very meritorious short story by Marguerite Sisson, affords an illuminating contrast between the solid culture of 1834 and the detestable shallowness of the present time.
The only parallel I have found is Fast II 861 'iure uenis, Gradiue: locum tua tempora poscunt'.
The fairest fade; the best of men May meet with a supplanter;-- I wish the times would change their cry Of "tempora mutantur.
It used to so enchant her To link two happy names in one— “O tempora mutantur!
We’ve since been both much put about— “O tempora mutantur!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tempora" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
