So said, or sung the poet Ovid. Was there an opera at Rome in his time?
The supine in u signifies passively, and follows nouns adjective, as
Quod olfactu fœdum est, idem est et esu turpe:
That which is foul to be smelled, is also nasty to be eaten.
Except venison, onions, and cheese.
Nouns of time and Place.
Time.
Tempus—time. There is a story, mentioned (we quote from memory) by the learned Joe Miller; of a fellow who seeing “Tempus Fugit” inscribed upon a clock, took it for the name of the artificer.
Persons who have lived a long time in the world, are generally accounted sage; and are sometimes considered to have had a good seasoning.
Nouns which signify a part of time are put more commonly in the ablative case, as
Nemo mortalium omnibus horis sapit: