candens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of candeō (“shine; gleam white; glow with heat”).

Participle

candēns (genitive candentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. Shining, glittering; bright, clear.
2. Gleaming (white).
3. Glowing (with heat); hot.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	candēns			candentēs	candentia
genitive	candentis			candentium
dative	candentī			candentibus
accusative	candentem	candēns		candentēs candentīs	candentia
ablative	candente candentī1			candentibus
vocative	candēns			candentēs	candentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “candens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “candens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.