accipiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of accipiō (“receive, accept”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /akˈki.pi.ens/, [äkˈkɪpiẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /atˈt͡ʃi.pi.ens/, [ätˈt͡ʃiːpiens]

Participle

accipiēns (genitive accipientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. receiving, accepting
2. hearing (of), learning (of)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	accipiēns			accipientēs	accipientia
genitive	accipientis			accipientium
dative	accipientī			accipientibus
accusative	accipientem	accipiēns		accipientēs accipientīs	accipientia
ablative	accipiente accipientī1			accipientibus
vocative	accipiēns			accipientēs	accipientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: accipient