Tempo

Tempo, das (n.)

Tempo.

Fencing time, tempo.

• “Tempo, das ist / daß man Achtung haben soll auff die rechte Zeit / wann man stoßen soll.” Schöffer [1620].
• “Tempo is, that thou takest heed never to make a thrust or blow at thine adversary without thou has a faire opportunity to hit, or requisite measure, that he be within thy reach.” (Pallas Armata, 1639; 5-6)

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