momentarius

Latin

Etymology

From mōmentum (“moment”), from moveō (“move, set in motion; excite”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moː.menˈtaː.ri.us/, [moːmɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.menˈta.ri.us/, [momen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

mōmentārius (feminine mōmentāria, neuter mōmentārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (Late Latin) brief, momentary, quick; instantaneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	mōmentārius	mōmentāria	mōmentārium		mōmentāriī	mōmentāriae	mōmentāria
Genitive	mōmentāriī	mōmentāriae	mōmentāriī		mōmentāriōrum	mōmentāriārum	mōmentāriōrum
Dative	mōmentāriō		mōmentāriō		mōmentāriīs
Accusative	mōmentārium	mōmentāriam	mōmentārium		mōmentāriōs	mōmentāriās	mōmentāria
Ablative	mōmentāriō	mōmentāriā	mōmentāriō		mōmentāriīs
Vocative	mōmentārie	mōmentāria	mōmentārium		mōmentāriī	mōmentāriae	mōmentāria

Related terms

• moveō
• mōmen
• mōmentum
• mōmentāliter
• mōmentāna
• mōmentāneus
• mōmentōsus

 

Descendants

• → English: momentary

References

• “momentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• momentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.