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Is there a good reason to use the adjective ''autonomus, -a, um,'' rather than ''liber, -a, -um'' and ''sui iuris,'' the Classical equivalents of (English) 'autonomous'? The searchbox says that ''autonoma'' already appears in eighty-four articles; the masculine form, not so much (only five). Is it''autonomus, -a,-um'' a thoughtless bit of leakage from Romance? or do we have Classical precedents for it? [[Usor:IacobusAmor|IacobusAmor]] 12:49, 14 Augusti 2009 (UTC)