deferens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēferō (“carry, remove”)

Participle

dēferēns (genitive dēferentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. carrying, bearing away
2. diverting, driving off
3. reporting, indicting, accusing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēferēns			dēferentēs	dēferentia
genitive	dēferentis			dēferentium
dative	dēferentī			dēferentibus
accusative	dēferentem	dēferēns		dēferentēs dēferentīs	dēferentia
ablative	dēferente dēferentī1			dēferentibus
vocative	dēferēns			dēferentēs	dēferentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• vās dēferēns

Descendants

• Catalan: deferent
• French: déférent
• Galician: deferente
• Italian: deferente
• Occitan: deferent
• Portuguese: deferente
• Romanian: deferent
• Spanish: deferente