LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

extemporāneus

extemporāneus (feminine extemporānea, neuter extemporāneum)
Classical[ɛk.stɛm.pɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ek.stem.poˈraː.ne.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveunpremeditated
  2. adjectivespontaneous

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeextemporāneusextemporāneaextemporāneum
genitiveextemporāneīextemporāneaeextemporāneī
dativeextemporāneōextemporāneaeextemporāneō
accusativeextemporāneumextemporāneamextemporāneum
ablativeextemporāneōextemporāneāextemporāneō
vocativeextemporāneeextemporāneaextemporāneum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeextemporāneīextemporāneaeextemporānea
genitiveextemporāneōrumextemporāneārumextemporāneōrum
dativeextemporāneīsextemporāneīsextemporāneīs
accusativeextemporāneōsextemporāneāsextemporānea
ablativeextemporāneīsextemporāneīsextemporāneīs
vocativeextemporāneīextemporāneaeextemporānea

Origins

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 extemporāneus From ex tempore (“off the cuff”) + -āneus.

Descendants
  • Catalanextemporani
  • Frenchextemporané
  • Italianestemporaneo
  • Occitanextemporanèu
  • Portugueseextemporâneo
  • Spanishextemporáneo
  • Galicianextemporáneo

In English words that came into English from extemporāneus

  • extemporaneousextemporāneus

Quick answers

What does extemporāneus mean in Latin?
extemporāneus, a adjective, means “unpremeditated; spontaneous”.
How do you pronounce extemporāneus?
In classical Latin, [ɛk.stɛm.pɔˈraː.ne.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ek.stem.poˈraː.ne.us].