debens

English

Noun

debens

1. plural of deben

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēbeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.bens/, [ˈd̪eːbẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.bens/, [ˈd̪ɛːbens]

Participle

dēbēns (genitive dēbentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. owing; being obliged

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēbēns			dēbentēs	dēbentia
genitive	dēbentis			dēbentium
dative	dēbentī			dēbentibus
accusative	dēbentem	dēbēns		dēbentēs dēbentīs	dēbentia
ablative	dēbente dēbentī1			dēbentibus
vocative	dēbēns			dēbentēs	dēbentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “debens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers