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|lshtext=<b>sponte</b>: abl., and [[spontis]],<br /><b>I</b> gen. (perh. the [[only]] cases in [[use]] of a [[noun]] [[spons]], [[assumed]] by [[Charis]]. p. 34 P., and Aus. Idyll. 12, 8, 11, as nom. But ad spontem is Müller's [[reading]], Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 72, for a [[sponte]]), f. [[spondeo]]; [[prop]]. a pledging of one's [[self]] to a [[thing]]; [[hence]], opp. to [[external]] [[necessity]] or [[inducement]], of [[free]] [[will]], of one's [[own]] [[accord]].<br /><b>I</b> Sponte, in [[good]] [[prose]] [[always]] joined [[with]] meā, tuā, suā ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; also absol. or [[with]] gen.), of [[free]] [[will]], of one's [[own]] [[accord]], of one's [[self]], [[freely]], [[willingly]], [[voluntarily]], [[spontaneously]] (syn. [[ultro]]): [[sponte]] valet a voluntate, Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: si imprudenter aut [[necessitate]] aut casu [[quippiam]] fecerit, [[quod]] non concederetur iis, qui suā [[sponte]] et voluntate fecissent, Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131: tuo judicio et tuā [[sponte]] facere, id. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.: Galliam totam hortatur ad [[bellum]], ipsam suā [[sponte]] suoque judicio excitatam, id. Phil. 4, 3, 8: [[potius]] consuefacere filium, Suā [[sponte]] recte facere [[quam]] [[alieno]] metu, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50: si hic non insanit [[satis]] suā [[sponte]], instiga, id. And. 4, 2, 9: ut id suā [[sponte]] facerent, [[quod]] cogerentur facere legibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: meā [[sponte]] (opp. invitatu tuo), id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: meā [[sponte]] (opp. monente et denuntiante te), id. ib. 4, 3, 1: non [[solum]] a me provocatus, sed [[etiam]] suā [[sponte]], id. ib. 1, 7, 3: transisse Rhenum [[sese]] non suā [[sponte]], sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: et suā [[sponte]] multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur, id. ib. 6, 14: [[sive]] [[ipse]] [[sponte]] suā, [[sive]] senatusconsulto [[accitus]], Liv. 10, 25, 12: [[quaesitum]] est, praecipitata esset ab eo [[uxor]], an se ipsa suā [[sponte]] jecisset, Quint. 7, 2, 24: [[gaudeo]] id te mihi suadere, [[quod]] ego meā [[sponte]] [[pridie]] feceram, Cic. Att. 15, 27: [[sponte]] ipsam suāpte adductam, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et [[sponte]] meā componere curas, Verg. A. 4, 341: [[interim]] [[sponte]] nostrā [[velut]] donantes, Quint. 3, 6, 8.—Sometimes propriā for suā ([[late]] Lat.): [[sponte]] se propriā dederunt, Amm. 17, 2, 3: Richomeres se [[sponte]] obtulit propriā, id. 31, 12, 15.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: Italiam non [[sponte]] [[sequor]], Verg. A. 4, 361: [[sponte]] properant, Ov. M. 11, 486: [[odio]] tyrannidis [[exsul]] Sponte erat, id. ib. 15, 62: [[sponte]] en ultroque [[peremptus]], Stat. Th. 10, 809; cf.: [[multitudo]] [[sponte]] et [[ultro]] [[confluens]], Suet. Caes. 16: nec illum [[sponte]] exstinctum, Tac. A. 3, 16: [[sponte]] judicioque plaudere, Quint. 8, 3, 4: [[opto]] ut ea potissimum jubear, quae me deceat vel [[sponte]] fecisse, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 11: equites Romani natalem ejus [[sponte]] [[atque]] consensu biduo [[semper]] celebrarunt, Suet. Aug. 57.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With gen.: [[sponte]] deūm, according to the [[will]] of the gods, Luc. 1, 234 Cort.: [[sponte]] ducum, id. 1, 99: [[sponte]] deorum, id. 5, 136; Val. Fl. 4, 358: naturae, Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 4; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 49, 110, § 263; 14, 4, 6, § 53; Sil. 14, 153: principis, Tac. A. 2, 59: Caesaris, id. ib. 6, 31: praefecti, id. ib. 4, 7: incolarum, id. ib. 4, 51: litigatoris, id. ib. 13, 42; 7, 51; id. H. 4, 19; Curt. 4, 1, 16.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> Very [[rarely]] [[with]] a prep.: de tuā [[sponte]], [[Cotta]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 195 P.: a [[sponte]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf. § 71 sqq. ib.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., of one's [[own]] [[will]] or [[agency]] (opp. to [[foreign]] [[participation]] or [[assistance]]), by one's [[self]], [[without]] the [[aid]] of others, [[alone]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): [[nequeo]] Pedibus meā [[sponte]] ambulare, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 46: nec suā [[sponte]], sed eorum [[auxilio]], Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3: cum oppidani [[autem]] [[etiam]] suā [[sponte]] Caesarem recipere conarentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 11 fin.: his cum suā [[sponte]] persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent, id. B. G. 1, 9: civitatem ignobilem [[atque]] humilem Eburonum suā [[sponte]] [[populo]] Romano [[bellum]] facere ausam, vix erat credendum, id. ib. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 65: judicium [[quod]] [[Verres]] suā [[sponte]] instituisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111: cum [[illa]] [[civitas]] cum Poenis suo nomine ac suā [[sponte]] bellaret, id. ib. 2, 4, 33, § 72: [[ecquis]] Volcatio si suā [[sponte]] venisset, unam libellam dedisset? id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of things concr. and abstr., of itself, [[spontaneously]]: is [[autem]] [[ardor]] non [[alieno]] impulsu sed suā [[sponte]] movetur, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ut cum suā [[sponte]] nullā adhibitā vi, [[consumptus]] [[ignis]] exstinguitur, id. Sen. 19, 71: [[natura]] videtur Ipsa suā per se [[sponte]] omnia dis agere [[expers]], Lucr. 2, 1092: aliae (arbores) nullis hominum cogentibus ipsae Sponte suā veniunt, Verg. G. 2, 11; cf.: stellae [[sponte]] suā jussaene vagentur et errent, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: sapientem suā [[sponte]] ac per se [[bonitas]] et justitia delectat, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: res quae suā [[sponte]] scelerata est, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108; id. Or. 32, 115: justitium in [[foro]] suā [[sponte]] [[coeptum]] [[prius]] [[quam]] indictum, Liv. 9, 7, 8: [[clamor]] suā [[sponte]] [[ortus]], id. 9, 41, 17: id suā [[sponte]] ap parebat, id. 22, 38, 13: de capite [[signum]] in manum [[sponte]] suā delapsum, id. 27, 11, 3 ex [[loco]] superiore, qui [[prope]] suā [[sponte]] in hostem inferebat, id. 5, 43, 3: [[quod]] [[terra]] crearat Sponte suā, Lucr. 5, 938: [[sponte]] suā quae fiunt aëre in ipso, id. 4, 738: ut vera et falsa suā [[sponte]], non alienā judicantur, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 45: te Sponte suā [[probitas]] officiumque juvat, Ov. P. 2, 3, 34: [[sponte]] deae [[munus]] promeritumque patet (i. e. [[sine]] indice), id. F. 4, 394.—Very [[rarely]] [[with]] quādam: litterae syllabaeque ... orationem [[sponte]] quādam sequantur, Quint 5, 10, 125. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: ut numeri [[sponte]] fluxisse videantur, Quint. 9, 4, 147.—<br /><b>II</b> [[spontis]], [[only]] in the [[phrase]] suae [[spontis]] (esse).<br /> <b>A</b> To be one's [[own]] [[master]], at one's [[own]] [[disposal]] ([[very]] [[rare]] and [[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): [[quod]] suae [[spontis]] statuerant finem, Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.: [[sanus]] [[homo]], qui suae [[spontis]] est, nullis obligare se legibus debet, Cels. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[Columella]], of things, = suā [[sponte]], of itself, [[spontaneously]]: altera ([[cytisus]] est) suae [[spontis]], springs up [[spontaneously]], Col. 9, 4, 2: ubi loci [[natura]] [[neque]] manu illatam [[neque]] suae [[spontis]] aquam ministrari patitur, id. 11, 3, 10. | |lshtext=<b>sponte</b>: abl., and [[spontis]],<br /><b>I</b> gen. (perh. the [[only]] cases in [[use]] of a [[noun]] [[spons]], [[assumed]] by [[Charis]]. p. 34 P., and Aus. Idyll. 12, 8, 11, as nom. But ad spontem is Müller's [[reading]], Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 72, for a [[sponte]]), f. [[spondeo]]; [[prop]]. a pledging of one's [[self]] to a [[thing]]; [[hence]], opp. to [[external]] [[necessity]] or [[inducement]], of [[free]] [[will]], of one's [[own]] [[accord]].<br /><b>I</b> Sponte, in [[good]] [[prose]] [[always]] joined [[with]] meā, tuā, suā ([[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; also absol. or [[with]] gen.), of [[free]] [[will]], of one's [[own]] [[accord]], of one's [[self]], [[freely]], [[willingly]], [[voluntarily]], [[spontaneously]] (syn. [[ultro]]): [[sponte]] valet a voluntate, Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: si imprudenter aut [[necessitate]] aut casu [[quippiam]] fecerit, [[quod]] non concederetur iis, qui suā [[sponte]] et voluntate fecissent, Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131: tuo judicio et tuā [[sponte]] facere, id. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.: Galliam totam hortatur ad [[bellum]], ipsam suā [[sponte]] suoque judicio excitatam, id. Phil. 4, 3, 8: [[potius]] consuefacere filium, Suā [[sponte]] recte facere [[quam]] [[alieno]] metu, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50: si hic non insanit [[satis]] suā [[sponte]], instiga, id. And. 4, 2, 9: ut id suā [[sponte]] facerent, [[quod]] cogerentur facere legibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: meā [[sponte]] (opp. invitatu tuo), id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: meā [[sponte]] (opp. monente et denuntiante te), id. ib. 4, 3, 1: non [[solum]] a me provocatus, sed [[etiam]] suā [[sponte]], id. ib. 1, 7, 3: transisse Rhenum [[sese]] non suā [[sponte]], sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: et suā [[sponte]] multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur, id. ib. 6, 14: [[sive]] [[ipse]] [[sponte]] suā, [[sive]] senatusconsulto [[accitus]], Liv. 10, 25, 12: [[quaesitum]] est, praecipitata esset ab eo [[uxor]], an se ipsa suā [[sponte]] jecisset, Quint. 7, 2, 24: [[gaudeo]] id te mihi suadere, [[quod]] ego meā [[sponte]] [[pridie]] feceram, Cic. Att. 15, 27: [[sponte]] ipsam suāpte adductam, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et [[sponte]] meā componere curas, Verg. A. 4, 341: [[interim]] [[sponte]] nostrā [[velut]] donantes, Quint. 3, 6, 8.—Sometimes propriā for suā ([[late]] Lat.): [[sponte]] se propriā dederunt, Amm. 17, 2, 3: Richomeres se [[sponte]] obtulit propriā, id. 31, 12, 15.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: Italiam non [[sponte]] [[sequor]], Verg. A. 4, 361: [[sponte]] properant, Ov. M. 11, 486: [[odio]] tyrannidis [[exsul]] Sponte erat, id. ib. 15, 62: [[sponte]] en ultroque [[peremptus]], Stat. Th. 10, 809; cf.: [[multitudo]] [[sponte]] et [[ultro]] [[confluens]], Suet. Caes. 16: nec illum [[sponte]] exstinctum, Tac. A. 3, 16: [[sponte]] judicioque plaudere, Quint. 8, 3, 4: [[opto]] ut ea potissimum jubear, quae me deceat vel [[sponte]] fecisse, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 11: equites Romani natalem ejus [[sponte]] [[atque]] consensu biduo [[semper]] celebrarunt, Suet. Aug. 57.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> With gen.: [[sponte]] deūm, according to the [[will]] of the gods, Luc. 1, 234 Cort.: [[sponte]] ducum, id. 1, 99: [[sponte]] deorum, id. 5, 136; Val. Fl. 4, 358: naturae, Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 4; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 49, 110, § 263; 14, 4, 6, § 53; Sil. 14, 153: principis, Tac. A. 2, 59: Caesaris, id. ib. 6, 31: praefecti, id. ib. 4, 7: incolarum, id. ib. 4, 51: litigatoris, id. ib. 13, 42; 7, 51; id. H. 4, 19; Curt. 4, 1, 16.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> Very [[rarely]] [[with]] a prep.: de tuā [[sponte]], [[Cotta]] ap. [[Charis]]. p. 195 P.: a [[sponte]], Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf. § 71 sqq. ib.—<br /> <b>B</b> Transf., of one's [[own]] [[will]] or [[agency]] (opp. to [[foreign]] [[participation]] or [[assistance]]), by one's [[self]], [[without]] the [[aid]] of others, [[alone]] ([[rare]] [[but]] [[class]].): [[nequeo]] Pedibus meā [[sponte]] ambulare, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 46: nec suā [[sponte]], sed eorum [[auxilio]], Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3: cum oppidani [[autem]] [[etiam]] suā [[sponte]] Caesarem recipere conarentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 11 fin.: his cum suā [[sponte]] persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent, id. B. G. 1, 9: civitatem ignobilem [[atque]] humilem Eburonum suā [[sponte]] [[populo]] Romano [[bellum]] facere ausam, vix erat credendum, id. ib. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 65: judicium [[quod]] [[Verres]] suā [[sponte]] instituisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111: cum [[illa]] [[civitas]] cum Poenis suo nomine ac suā [[sponte]] bellaret, id. ib. 2, 4, 33, § 72: [[ecquis]] Volcatio si suā [[sponte]] venisset, unam libellam dedisset? id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26.—<br /> <b>2</b> Of things concr. and abstr., of itself, [[spontaneously]]: is [[autem]] [[ardor]] non [[alieno]] impulsu sed suā [[sponte]] movetur, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ut cum suā [[sponte]] nullā adhibitā vi, [[consumptus]] [[ignis]] exstinguitur, id. Sen. 19, 71: [[natura]] videtur Ipsa suā per se [[sponte]] omnia dis agere [[expers]], Lucr. 2, 1092: aliae (arbores) nullis hominum cogentibus ipsae Sponte suā veniunt, Verg. G. 2, 11; cf.: stellae [[sponte]] suā jussaene vagentur et errent, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: sapientem suā [[sponte]] ac per se [[bonitas]] et justitia delectat, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: res quae suā [[sponte]] scelerata est, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108; id. Or. 32, 115: justitium in [[foro]] suā [[sponte]] [[coeptum]] [[prius]] [[quam]] indictum, Liv. 9, 7, 8: [[clamor]] suā [[sponte]] [[ortus]], id. 9, 41, 17: id suā [[sponte]] ap parebat, id. 22, 38, 13: de capite [[signum]] in manum [[sponte]] suā delapsum, id. 27, 11, 3 ex [[loco]] superiore, qui [[prope]] suā [[sponte]] in hostem inferebat, id. 5, 43, 3: [[quod]] [[terra]] crearat Sponte suā, Lucr. 5, 938: [[sponte]] suā quae fiunt aëre in ipso, id. 4, 738: ut vera et falsa suā [[sponte]], non alienā judicantur, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 45: te Sponte suā [[probitas]] officiumque juvat, Ov. P. 2, 3, 34: [[sponte]] deae [[munus]] promeritumque patet (i. e. [[sine]] indice), id. F. 4, 394.—Very [[rarely]] [[with]] quādam: litterae syllabaeque ... orationem [[sponte]] quādam sequantur, Quint 5, 10, 125. —<br /> <b>(b)</b> Absol.: ut numeri [[sponte]] fluxisse videantur, Quint. 9, 4, 147.—<br /><b>II</b> [[spontis]], [[only]] in the [[phrase]] suae [[spontis]] (esse).<br /> <b>A</b> To be one's [[own]] [[master]], at one's [[own]] [[disposal]] ([[very]] [[rare]] and [[mostly]] [[post]]-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): [[quod]] suae [[spontis]] statuerant finem, Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.: [[sanus]] [[homo]], qui suae [[spontis]] est, nullis obligare se legibus debet, Cels. 1, 1.—<br /> <b>B</b> In [[Columella]], of things, = suā [[sponte]], of itself, [[spontaneously]]: altera ([[cytisus]] est) suae [[spontis]], springs up [[spontaneously]], Col. 9, 4, 2: ubi loci [[natura]] [[neque]] manu illatam [[neque]] suae [[spontis]] aquam ministrari patitur, id. 11, 3, 10. | ||
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|gf=<b>spontĕ</b>¹⁰ (cf. [[spondeo]] ), abl. de l’inus. [[spons]] :<br /><b>1</b> d’après la volonté, alicujus, de qqn : Tac. Ann. 2, 59 ; 6, 31 ; 13, 42, etc. ; Plin. 9, 160, etc. || [avec une prép.] : de tua [[sponte]] [[Cotta]] d. Char. 220, 2, d’après ta volonté ; a [[sponte]], de [[sponte]] [[ejus]], [[sine]] [[sponte]] sua [[Varro]] L. 6, 69 ; 71 ; 72 ; 73, d’après sa volonté, sans sa volonté<br /><b>2</b> [tour classique] : mea, tua, sua, [[sponte]] : <b> a)</b> spontanément, volontairement, de mon, de ton, de son propre mouvement : Cic. Att. 15, 27 ; Fam. 9, 14, 2 ; Verr. 2, 4, 72, etc. || [sans adj. possessif] : Italiam [[non]] [[sponte]] [[sequor]] Virg. En. 4, 361, ce n’[[est]] point par ma volonté que je poursuis (je recherche) l’Italie ; [[sponte]] properant Ov. M. 11, 486, ils se hâtent de leur propre mouvement, cf. Tac. Ann. 3, 16 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 29, 11 ; <b> b)</b> par soi-même, par ses seules forces, sans appui : [[nec]] sua [[sponte]], [[sed]] eorum [[auxilio]] qui Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3, [il a agi] [[non]] par lui-même, mais avec l’appui de ceux qui..., cf. Cæs. G. 1, 9, 2 ; 5, 28, 1 ; 7, 65, 2 ; <b> c)</b> par soi-même, de sa propre nature, naturellement : [[res]] sua [[sponte]] scelerata Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 108, action criminelle par elle-même, cf. Cic. Or. 115 ; Cæl. 10 ; vera et falsa sua [[sponte]], [[non]] aliena judicantur Cic. Leg. 1, 45, les choses vraies et fausses se jugent d’après leur propre nature, [[non]] sur un [[indice]] extérieur. nomin. [[spons]] d. Char. 49, 16 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, 11, 11. | |gf=<b>spontĕ</b>¹⁰ (cf. [[spondeo]]), abl. de l’inus. [[spons]] :<br /><b>1</b> d’après la volonté, alicujus, de qqn : Tac. Ann. 2, 59 ; 6, 31 ; 13, 42, etc. ; Plin. 9, 160, etc. || [avec une prép.] : de tua [[sponte]] [[Cotta]] d. Char. 220, 2, d’après ta volonté ; a [[sponte]], de [[sponte]] [[ejus]], [[sine]] [[sponte]] sua [[Varro]] L. 6, 69 ; 71 ; 72 ; 73, d’après sa volonté, sans sa volonté<br /><b>2</b> [tour classique] : mea, tua, sua, [[sponte]] : <b> a)</b> spontanément, volontairement, de mon, de ton, de son propre mouvement : Cic. Att. 15, 27 ; Fam. 9, 14, 2 ; Verr. 2, 4, 72, etc. || [sans adj. possessif] : Italiam [[non]] [[sponte]] [[sequor]] Virg. En. 4, 361, ce n’[[est]] point par ma volonté que je poursuis (je recherche) l’Italie ; [[sponte]] properant Ov. M. 11, 486, ils se hâtent de leur propre mouvement, cf. Tac. Ann. 3, 16 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 29, 11 ; <b> b)</b> par soi-même, par ses seules forces, sans appui : [[nec]] sua [[sponte]], [[sed]] eorum [[auxilio]] qui Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3, [il a agi] [[non]] par lui-même, mais avec l’appui de ceux qui..., cf. Cæs. G. 1, 9, 2 ; 5, 28, 1 ; 7, 65, 2 ; <b> c)</b> par soi-même, de sa propre nature, naturellement : [[res]] sua [[sponte]] scelerata Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 108, action criminelle par elle-même, cf. Cic. Or. 115 ; Cæl. 10 ; vera et falsa sua [[sponte]], [[non]] aliena judicantur Cic. Leg. 1, 45, les choses vraies et fausses se jugent d’après leur propre nature, [[non]] sur un [[indice]] extérieur. nomin. [[spons]] d. Char. 49, 16 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, 11, 11. | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:05, 12 June 2024
Latin > English
sponte ADV :: of one's own will; voluntarily; for one's own sake
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sponte: abl., and spontis,
I gen. (perh. the only cases in use of a noun spons, assumed by Charis. p. 34 P., and Aus. Idyll. 12, 8, 11, as nom. But ad spontem is Müller's reading, Varr. L. L. 6, 7, 72, for a sponte), f. spondeo; prop. a pledging of one's self to a thing; hence, opp. to external necessity or inducement, of free will, of one's own accord.
I Sponte, in good prose always joined with meā, tuā, suā (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; also absol. or with gen.), of free will, of one's own accord, of one's self, freely, willingly, voluntarily, spontaneously (syn. ultro): sponte valet a voluntate, Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: si imprudenter aut necessitate aut casu quippiam fecerit, quod non concederetur iis, qui suā sponte et voluntate fecissent, Cic. Part. Or. 37, 131: tuo judicio et tuā sponte facere, id. Fam. 9, 14, 2; cf.: Galliam totam hortatur ad bellum, ipsam suā sponte suoque judicio excitatam, id. Phil. 4, 3, 8: potius consuefacere filium, Suā sponte recte facere quam alieno metu, Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 50: si hic non insanit satis suā sponte, instiga, id. And. 4, 2, 9: ut id suā sponte facerent, quod cogerentur facere legibus, Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3: meā sponte (opp. invitatu tuo), id. Fam. 7, 5, 2: meā sponte (opp. monente et denuntiante te), id. ib. 4, 3, 1: non solum a me provocatus, sed etiam suā sponte, id. ib. 1, 7, 3: transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte, sed rogatum et arcessitum a Gallis, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: et suā sponte multi in disciplinam conveniunt et a parentibus propinquisque mittuntur, id. ib. 6, 14: sive ipse sponte suā, sive senatusconsulto accitus, Liv. 10, 25, 12: quaesitum est, praecipitata esset ab eo uxor, an se ipsa suā sponte jecisset, Quint. 7, 2, 24: gaudeo id te mihi suadere, quod ego meā sponte pridie feceram, Cic. Att. 15, 27: sponte ipsam suāpte adductam, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.: me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam Auspiciis et sponte meā componere curas, Verg. A. 4, 341: interim sponte nostrā velut donantes, Quint. 3, 6, 8.—Sometimes propriā for suā (late Lat.): sponte se propriā dederunt, Amm. 17, 2, 3: Richomeres se sponte obtulit propriā, id. 31, 12, 15.—
(b) Absol.: Italiam non sponte sequor, Verg. A. 4, 361: sponte properant, Ov. M. 11, 486: odio tyrannidis exsul Sponte erat, id. ib. 15, 62: sponte en ultroque peremptus, Stat. Th. 10, 809; cf.: multitudo sponte et ultro confluens, Suet. Caes. 16: nec illum sponte exstinctum, Tac. A. 3, 16: sponte judicioque plaudere, Quint. 8, 3, 4: opto ut ea potissimum jubear, quae me deceat vel sponte fecisse, Plin. Ep. 6, 29, 11: equites Romani natalem ejus sponte atque consensu biduo semper celebrarunt, Suet. Aug. 57.—
(g) With gen.: sponte deūm, according to the will of the gods, Luc. 1, 234 Cort.: sponte ducum, id. 1, 99: sponte deorum, id. 5, 136; Val. Fl. 4, 358: naturae, Plin. 7, prooem. 1, § 4; 9, 51, 74, § 160; 11, 49, 110, § 263; 14, 4, 6, § 53; Sil. 14, 153: principis, Tac. A. 2, 59: Caesaris, id. ib. 6, 31: praefecti, id. ib. 4, 7: incolarum, id. ib. 4, 51: litigatoris, id. ib. 13, 42; 7, 51; id. H. 4, 19; Curt. 4, 1, 16.—
(d) Very rarely with a prep.: de tuā sponte, Cotta ap. Charis. p. 195 P.: a sponte, Varr. L. L. 6, § 69 Müll.; cf. § 71 sqq. ib.—
B Transf., of one's own will or agency (opp. to foreign participation or assistance), by one's self, without the aid of others, alone (rare but class.): nequeo Pedibus meā sponte ambulare, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 46: nec suā sponte, sed eorum auxilio, Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3: cum oppidani autem etiam suā sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur, Caes. B. C. 3, 11 fin.: his cum suā sponte persuadere non possent, legatos ad Dumnorigem mittunt, ut eo deprecatore a Sequanis impetrarent, id. B. G. 1, 9: civitatem ignobilem atque humilem Eburonum suā sponte populo Romano bellum facere ausam, vix erat credendum, id. ib. 5, 28; cf. id. ib. 7, 65: judicium quod Verres suā sponte instituisset, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 43, § 111: cum illa civitas cum Poenis suo nomine ac suā sponte bellaret, id. ib. 2, 4, 33, § 72: ecquis Volcatio si suā sponte venisset, unam libellam dedisset? id. ib. 2, 2, 10, § 26.—
2 Of things concr. and abstr., of itself, spontaneously: is autem ardor non alieno impulsu sed suā sponte movetur, etc., Cic. N. D. 2, 12, 32: ut cum suā sponte nullā adhibitā vi, consumptus ignis exstinguitur, id. Sen. 19, 71: natura videtur Ipsa suā per se sponte omnia dis agere expers, Lucr. 2, 1092: aliae (arbores) nullis hominum cogentibus ipsae Sponte suā veniunt, Verg. G. 2, 11; cf.: stellae sponte suā jussaene vagentur et errent, Hor. Ep. 1, 12, 17: sapientem suā sponte ac per se bonitas et justitia delectat, Cic. Rep. 3, 16, 26: res quae suā sponte scelerata est, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 108; id. Or. 32, 115: justitium in foro suā sponte coeptum prius quam indictum, Liv. 9, 7, 8: clamor suā sponte ortus, id. 9, 41, 17: id suā sponte ap parebat, id. 22, 38, 13: de capite signum in manum sponte suā delapsum, id. 27, 11, 3 ex loco superiore, qui prope suā sponte in hostem inferebat, id. 5, 43, 3: quod terra crearat Sponte suā, Lucr. 5, 938: sponte suā quae fiunt aëre in ipso, id. 4, 738: ut vera et falsa suā sponte, non alienā judicantur, Cic. Leg. 1, 17, 45: te Sponte suā probitas officiumque juvat, Ov. P. 2, 3, 34: sponte deae munus promeritumque patet (i. e. sine indice), id. F. 4, 394.—Very rarely with quādam: litterae syllabaeque ... orationem sponte quādam sequantur, Quint 5, 10, 125. —
(b) Absol.: ut numeri sponte fluxisse videantur, Quint. 9, 4, 147.—
II spontis, only in the phrase suae spontis (esse).
A To be one's own master, at one's own disposal (very rare and mostly post-Aug.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): quod suae spontis statuerant finem, Varr. L. L. 6, § 71 Müll.: sanus homo, qui suae spontis est, nullis obligare se legibus debet, Cels. 1, 1.—
B In Columella, of things, = suā sponte, of itself, spontaneously: altera (cytisus est) suae spontis, springs up spontaneously, Col. 9, 4, 2: ubi loci natura neque manu illatam neque suae spontis aquam ministrari patitur, id. 11, 3, 10.
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spontĕ¹⁰ (cf. spondeo), abl. de l’inus. spons :
1 d’après la volonté, alicujus, de qqn : Tac. Ann. 2, 59 ; 6, 31 ; 13, 42, etc. ; Plin. 9, 160, etc. || [avec une prép.] : de tua sponte Cotta d. Char. 220, 2, d’après ta volonté ; a sponte, de sponte ejus, sine sponte sua Varro L. 6, 69 ; 71 ; 72 ; 73, d’après sa volonté, sans sa volonté
2 [tour classique] : mea, tua, sua, sponte : a) spontanément, volontairement, de mon, de ton, de son propre mouvement : Cic. Att. 15, 27 ; Fam. 9, 14, 2 ; Verr. 2, 4, 72, etc. || [sans adj. possessif] : Italiam non sponte sequor Virg. En. 4, 361, ce n’est point par ma volonté que je poursuis (je recherche) l’Italie ; sponte properant Ov. M. 11, 486, ils se hâtent de leur propre mouvement, cf. Tac. Ann. 3, 16 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 6, 29, 11 ; b) par soi-même, par ses seules forces, sans appui : nec sua sponte, sed eorum auxilio qui Cic. Fam. 7, 2, 3, [il a agi] non par lui-même, mais avec l’appui de ceux qui..., cf. Cæs. G. 1, 9, 2 ; 5, 28, 1 ; 7, 65, 2 ; c) par soi-même, de sa propre nature, naturellement : res sua sponte scelerata Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 108, action criminelle par elle-même, cf. Cic. Or. 115 ; Cæl. 10 ; vera et falsa sua sponte, non aliena judicantur Cic. Leg. 1, 45, les choses vraies et fausses se jugent d’après leur propre nature, non sur un indice extérieur. nomin. spons d. Char. 49, 16 ; Aus. Idyll. 12, 11, 11.
