desiderans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēsīderō (“desire; miss”).

Participle

dēsīderāns (genitive dēsīderantis, superlative dēsīderantissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. wanting, desiring, wishing for
2. missing, lacking, needing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dēsīderāns			dēsīderantēs	dēsīderantia
genitive	dēsīderantis			dēsīderantium
dative	dēsīderantī			dēsīderantibus
accusative	dēsīderantem	dēsīderāns		dēsīderantēs dēsīderantīs	dēsīderantia
ablative	dēsīderante dēsīderantī1			dēsīderantibus
vocative	dēsīderāns			dēsīderantēs	dēsīderantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “desiderans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• desiderans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.