spontānĕus, a, um, adj. [sponte],
of one's free will , voluntary , spontaneous (late Lat.): mors, Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 22: voluntas, free will , Cod. Just. 2, 3, 2: benignitates numinum, Arn. 3, p. 114.—Adv.: spontānĕē , voluntarily , willingly , of one's own mind : apparere tumores, Theod. Prisc. 1, 8; Vulg. 1 Pet. 5, 2; Hier. Ep. 52, n. 7.