spontaneus

Latin

Etymology

From sponte +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sponˈtaː.ne.us/, [s̠pɔn̪ˈt̪äːneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sponˈta.ne.us/, [spon̪ˈt̪äːneus]

Adjective

spontāneus (feminine spontānea, neuter spontāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. voluntary, spontaneous

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	spontāneus	spontānea	spontāneum		spontāneī	spontāneae	spontānea
Genitive	spontāneī	spontāneae	spontāneī		spontāneōrum	spontāneārum	spontāneōrum
Dative	spontāneō		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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016