cf. spondeo,
free will, accord, impulse, motion
.—Only abl
sing
., usu. with pron
poss., of one's own accord, freely, willingly, voluntarily
: Suā sponte recte facere,
of his own accord
, T.: tuā sponte facere,
voluntarily
: Gallia ipsa suā sponte excitata,
of its own motion
: transisse Rhenum sese non suā sponte, sed rogatum
et accersitum a Gallis, Cs.: sponte
meā componere curas, V.: Italiam
non sponte sequor,
of my own will
, V.: Sponte properant, O.:
equus sponte genua submittens, Cu.: magis popularium quam suā sponte, Cu.—
By oneself, without aid, alone
: nec suā sponte, sed eorum auxilio: cum oppidani
suā sponte Caesarem recipere conarentur, Cs.:
iudicium quod Verres suā sponte instituisset,
i. e.
without precedent
: neque id solum meā sponte (prospexi),
i. e.
by my own foresight
.—Of things, with
suā, of itself, spontaneously
: is autem ardor non alieno impulsu sed suā sponte
movetur, etc.: Stellae sponte suā iussaene vagentur et errent,
H.: sapientem suā sponte ac per se bonitas
et iustitia delectat: ex loco superiore, qui prope suā sponte in hostem
inferebat, L.: Te Sponte suā
probitas officiumque iuvat, O.—Without
suā
(poet.): Sponte deae munus promeritumque patet (i. e. sine indice),
O.
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