contemporaneus

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ tempus (“time”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kon.tem.poˈraː.ne.us/, [kɔn̪t̪ɛmpɔˈräːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon.tem.poˈra.ne.us/, [kon̪t̪empoˈräːneus]

Adjective

contemporāneus (feminine contemporānea, neuter contemporāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contemporary, contemporaneous

   Synonyms: contemporālis, contemporārius, coaevus, coaetāneus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	contemporāneus	contemporānea	contemporāneum		contemporāneī	contemporāneae	contemporānea
Genitive	contemporāneī	contemporāneae	contemporāneī		contemporāneōrum	contemporāneārum	contemporāneōrum
Dative	contemporāneō		contemporāneō		contemporāneīs
Accusative	contemporāneum	contemporāneam	contemporāneum		contemporāneōs	contemporāneās	contemporānea
Ablative	contemporāneō	contemporāneā	contemporāneō		contemporāneīs
Vocative	contemporānee	contemporānea	contemporāneum		contemporāneī	contemporāneae	contemporānea

Descendants

• → English: contemporaneous
• → French: contemporain
• → Italian: contemporaneo
• → Portuguese: contemporâneo
• → Romanian: contemporan
• → Spanish: contemporáneo

References

• contemporaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• contemporaneus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
• “contemporaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press