spontaneus
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [spɔnˈtaː.ne.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [spon̪ˈt̪aː.ne.us]
Adjective
spontāneus (feminine spontānea, neuter spontāneum); first/second-declension adjective
- voluntary, spontaneous
- of one's own free will or mind
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | spontāneus | spontānea | spontāneum | spontāneī | spontāneae | spontānea | |
| genitive | spontāneī | spontāneae | spontāneī | spontāneōrum | spontāneārum | spontāneōrum | |
| dative | spontāneō | spontāneae | spontāneō | spontāneīs | |||
| accusative | spontāneum | spontāneam | spontāneum | spontāneōs | spontāneās | spontānea | |
| ablative | spontāneō | spontāneā | spontāneō | spontāneīs | |||
| vocative | spontānee | spontānea | spontāneum | spontāneī | spontāneae | spontānea | |
Descendants
- Asturian: espontaneu
- Catalan: espontani
- English: spontaneous
- Esperanto: spontana
- French: spontané
- Galician: espontáneo
- German: spontan
- Hungarian: spontán
- Italian: spontaneo
- Portuguese: espontâneo
- Romanian: spontaneu, spontan
- Serbo-Croatian: spȍntān, спо̏нта̄н
- Spanish: espontáneo
- Swedish: spontan
References
- “spontaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spontaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- spontaneus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- https://logeion.uchicago.edu/spontaneus