subitaneus

Latin

Etymology

Derived from subitus (“sudden, unforeseen”) +‎ -āneus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [sʊ.bɪˈtaː.ne.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [su.biˈtaː.ne.us]

Adjective

subitāneus (feminine subitānea, neuter subitāneum); first/second-declension adjective

1. sudden, unexpected

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	subitāneus	subitānea	subitāneum		subitāneī	subitāneae	subitānea
genitive	subitāneī	subitāneae	subitāneī		subitāneōrum	subitāneārum	subitāneōrum
dative	subitāneō	subitāneae	subitāneō		subitāneīs
accusative	subitāneum	subitāneam	subitāneum		subitāneōs	subitāneās	subitānea
ablative	subitāneō	subitāneā	subitāneō		subitāneīs
vocative	subitānee	subitānea	subitāneum		subitāneī	subitāneae	subitānea

Descendants

• Italian: subitano, subitaneo
• Old French: sodein
  • French: soudain
  • → Middle English: sodeyn, sodain
    • English: sudden
• Portuguese: subitâneo
• Sicilian: subbitàniu
• Spanish: subitáneo
• → English: subitaneous

References

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