adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
mōmentāneus
mōmentāneus (feminine mōmentānea, neuter mōmentāneum)
Classical[moː.mɛnˈtaː.ne.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[mo.menˈtaː.ne.us]
Meaning
- adjectiveshort, brief (duration), momentary
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōmentāneus | mōmentānea | mōmentāneum |
| genitive | mōmentāneī | mōmentāneae | mōmentāneī |
| dative | mōmentāneō | mōmentāneae | mōmentāneō |
| accusative | mōmentāneum | mōmentāneam | mōmentāneum |
| ablative | mōmentāneō | mōmentāneā | mōmentāneō |
| vocative | mōmentānee | mōmentānea | mōmentāneum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mōmentāneī | mōmentāneae | mōmentānea |
| genitive | mōmentāneōrum | mōmentāneārum | mōmentāneōrum |
| dative | mōmentāneīs | mōmentāneīs | mōmentāneīs |
| accusative | mōmentāneōs | mōmentāneās | mōmentānea |
| ablative | mōmentāneīs | mōmentāneīs | mōmentāneīs |
| vocative | mōmentāneī | mōmentāneae | mōmentānea |
mōmentānĕus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. short, of brief duration, momentary (eccl. Lat.):
momentaneus ardor gentium, Tert. adv. Marc. 3, 17 dub.: vices rerum, Ambros. Ep. 2, 24 init.: felicitas, Fulg. Myth. 2, 17; Hier. Ep. 69 (83), 9; Vulg. 2 Cor. 4, 17.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 mōmentāneus From mōmentum (“motion, movement”) + -āneus.
Descendants
- Englishmomentaneous
- Englishmomentane
- Frenchmomentané
- Germanmomentan
- Italianmomentaneo
- Portuguesemomentâneo
- Romanianmomentan
- Spanishmomentáneo
- Danishmomentan
- Finnishmomentaani
In English words that came into English from mōmentāneus
- momentaneousmōmentāneus
- momentanemōmentāneus