motu proprio

See also: motuproprio

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin motu proprio, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹɒpɹɪəʊ/, /ˌməʊtuː ˈpɹəʊpɹɪəʊ/

Adverb

motu proprio (not comparable)

1. Of one’s own free will, of one’s own volition.

Noun

motu proprio (plural motu proprios)

1. A document issued by the Pope on his own initiative directed to the Roman Catholic Church.

See also

• sua sponte

Dutch

Etymology

From post-classical Latin motū propriō, from ablative form of classical Latin motus (“motion”) + proprius (“one’s own”).

Adverb

motu proprio

1. motu proprio
   • 2008, Carlos Ruiz Zafón, translated by Nelleke Geel, Het spel van de engel [The game of the angel], translation of El juego del ángel (in Spanish):

     Mijn instinct zei me dat als hij me weer wilde zien, hij dat motu proprio zou doen en wat deze onvermijdelijke ontmoeting betrof, voelde ik niet de geringste haast.

     My instinct told me that if he wanted to see me again, he would do so motu proprio and concerning this unavoidable meeting, I didn’t feel the least of haste.

Spanish

Adverb

motu proprio

1. motu proprio

Noun

motu proprio m (plural motu proprio)

1. motu proprio

Further reading

• “motu proprio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28