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''Tempora mutantur'' is a Latin adage meaning "times change". It is also stated in various longer hexametric forms, most commonly ''Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis'', meaning "Times change, and we change with them". The phrase is not found in Classical Latin, but is a variant of phrases of Ovid, to whom it is sometimes misattributed. Instead, it dates to early/mid 16th century Germany, in the context of the Protestant Reformation, and it subsequently was popularized in various forms. See history for history and other forms. == Wording == Regarding the form: :''Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur in illis'' ::strictly translated as: :"Times change, and we change with them." Like many adages and proverbial or wisdom maxims drawn from the Latin cultural tradition, this line is a hexameter: the rhythmical verse, typical of the great epic poetry, both in Greek and Latin literature. All other Latin verses cited in this page are hexameters as well. The fact that ''et'' (and) is following ''nos'' and being accented in the hexameter's rhythm, attributes an emphasis to it. In this position ''et'' works as a short form of ''etiam''; meaning: "also, too" or "even". So a correct translation is "and we too", instead of the simple "and we". The verb ''mūtō'' means both "to move" and "to change", so an alternate reading is "The times move (), and we move () in them." This recalls the image of time as a river, moving along, as in Heraclitus' Πάντα ῥεῖ (''panta rhei'') "everything is in a state of flux". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tempora mutantur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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