accumbens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of accumbō (“lie down somewhere; recline at table”).

Participle

accumbēns (genitive accumbentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. lying down, resting (on); reclining at a table

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	accumbēns			accumbentēs	accumbentia
genitive	accumbentis			accumbentium
dative	accumbentī			accumbentibus
accusative	accumbentem	accumbēns		accumbentēs accumbentīs	accumbentia
ablative	accumbente accumbentī1			accumbentibus
vocative	accumbēns			accumbentēs	accumbentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• nucleus accumbens