momentaneus

Latin

Etymology

mōmentum (“motion, movement”) +‎ -āneus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moː.menˈtaː.ne.us/, [moːmɛn̪ˈt̪äːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.menˈta.ne.us/, [momen̪ˈt̪äːneus]

Adjective

mōmentāneus (feminine mōmentānea, neuter mōmentāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. short, brief (duration), momentary

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōmentāneus	mōmentānea	mōmentāneum		mōmentāneī	mōmentāneae	mōmentānea
Genitive	mōmentāneī	mōmentāneae	mōmentāneī		mōmentāneōrum	mōmentāneārum	mōmentāneōrum
Dative	mōmentāneō		mōmentāneō		mōmentāneīs
Accusative	mōmentāneum	mōmentāneam	mōmentāneum		mōmentāneōs	mōmentāneās	mōmentānea
Ablative	mōmentāneō	mōmentāneā	mōmentāneō		mōmentāneīs
Vocative	mōmentānee	mōmentānea	mōmentāneum		mōmentāneī	mōmentāneae	mōmentānea

Descendants

• → Danish: momentan
• → English: momentaneous, momentane
• → Finnish: momentaani
• French: momentané
• → German: momentan
• Italian: momentaneo
• Portuguese: momentâneo
• Romanian: momentan
• Spanish: momentáneo

References

• “momentaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• momentaneus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• momentaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.