defendens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēfendō (“drive away; defend”).

Participle

dēfendēns (genitive dēfendentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. driving away
2. defending, guarding, protecting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēfendēns			dēfendentēs	dēfendentia
genitive	dēfendentis			dēfendentium
dative	dēfendentī			dēfendentibus
accusative	dēfendentem	dēfendēns		dēfendentēs dēfendentīs	dēfendentia
ablative	dēfendente dēfendentī1			dēfendentibus
vocative	dēfendēns			dēfendentēs	dēfendentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.