cernens

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of cernō (discern).

Participle

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cernēns (genitive cernentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. separating, sifting
  2. distinguishing, discerning, seeing
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.408:
      Quis tibi tum, Dīdō, cernentī tālia sēnsūs?
      What were your feelings then, Dido, upon seeing such [things]?

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cernēns cernentēs cernentia
Genitive cernentis cernentium
Dative cernentī cernentibus
Accusative cernentem cernēns cernentēs
cernentīs
cernentia
Ablative cernente
cernentī1
cernentibus
Vocative cernēns cernentēs cernentia

1When used purely as an adjective.