LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

contemporāneus

contemporāneus (feminine contemporānea, neuter contemporāneum)
Classical[kɔn.tɛm.pɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[kon.tem.poˈraː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecontemporary, contemporaneous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontemporāneuscontemporāneacontemporāneum
genitivecontemporāneīcontemporāneaecontemporāneī
dativecontemporāneōcontemporāneaecontemporāneō
accusativecontemporāneumcontemporāneamcontemporāneum
ablativecontemporāneōcontemporāneācontemporāneō
vocativecontemporāneecontemporāneacontemporāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecontemporāneīcontemporāneaecontemporānea
genitivecontemporāneōrumcontemporāneārumcontemporāneōrum
dativecontemporāneīscontemporāneīscontemporāneīs
accusativecontemporāneōscontemporāneāscontemporānea
ablativecontemporāneīscontemporāneīscontemporāneīs
vocativecontemporāneīcontemporāneaecontemporānea

con-tempŏrānĕus, a, um, adj. tempus,
I. contemporary; subst., a contemporary: M. Varro et Nigidius Caesari et Ciceroni, Gell. 19, 14 inscr.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincontemporāneus

Latin tempus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin contemporāneus From con- + tempus (“time”) + -āneus.

Descendants
  • Englishcontemporaneous
  • Frenchcontemporain
  • Italiancontemporaneo
  • Portuguesecontemporâneo
  • Romaniancontemporan
  • Spanishcontemporáneo

In English words that came into English from contemporāneus

  • contemporaneouscontemporāneus
  • contemporaneouslycontemporāneus

Quick answers

What does contemporāneus mean in Latin?
contemporāneus, a adjective, means “contemporary, contemporaneous”.
How do you pronounce contemporāneus?
In classical Latin, [kɔn.tɛm.pɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kon.tem.poˈraː.ne.us].
Where does contemporāneus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? → Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm → Proto-Italic *kom → Proto-Italic *kom- → Latin contemporāneus.