albens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of albeō (“to be white”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈäɫ̪bẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈälbens]
Participle
[edit]albēns (genitive albentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- whitening; white
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.109–110:
- Phinea cecidere manu, Cererisque sacerdos Ampycus, albenti velatus tempora vitta.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
| genitive | albentis | albentium | |||
| dative | albentī | albentibus | |||
| accusative | albentem | albēns | albentēs albentīs |
albentia | |
| ablative | albente albentī1 |
albentibus | |||
| vocative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
[edit]- “albens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers