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==Latin==

===Pronunciation===
* {{la-IPA|tempus aestīvum}}

===Noun===
{{la-noun|[[tempus]]<3> [[aestivus|aestīvum]]<+>}}

# {{dhub|la}} [[summertime|summer-time]]
#* {{quote-book|la|author=w:Curtius Rufus|year=1st century {{CE}}|title=w:Histories of Alexander the Great|section=book 4|text=Caeli fulgor '''tempore aestivo''' ardenti similis internitens ignis praebuit speciem flammasque ex Darei castris splendere velut inlati temere praesidiis credebant.|t=With '''summer-time''' in full blaze, the sky gleamed in a way that resembled fire, and [Alexander's soldiers] thought that they saw flames shining out from Darius' camp, as if they were under attack from the defenders.}}

====Declension====
{{la-ndecl|tempus<3> aestīvum<+>}}

====Descendants====
{{q|''All shortened by dropping'' tempus.}}<!-- Might the ellipsis be attested in Latin? There was at least an aestīva, -ōrum. -->
{{hcol|2}}
* Italo-Romance:
** Old {{desc|nap|stibo}} {{q|Apulia}}
* Gallo-Romance:
** {{desc|ca|estiu}}
** {{desctree|pro|estiu}}
* Ibero-Romance:
** {{desc|an|estiu|unc=1|qq=or from Catalan}}
** {{desc|ast|estivu}}
** {{desctree|roa-opt|estio}}
** {{desctree|osp|estivo}}

===References===
* {{R:REW|aestivus|16}}
* {{R:FEW|24|234|aestīvus}}