legens
Appearance
See also: Legens
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]legens c
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈle.ɡens/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒens/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒens]
Noun
[edit]legēns m (genitive legentis); third declension
- A reader.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | legēns | legentēs |
genitive | legentis | legentium |
dative | legentī | legentibus |
accusative | legentem | legentēs legentīs |
ablative | legente | legentibus |
vocative | legēns | legentēs |
Related terms
[edit]Participle
[edit]legēns (genitive legentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- choosing, selecting, appointing.
- collecting, gathering, bringing together.
- taking, stealing.
- traversing, passing through.
- reading (aloud), reciting.
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
nominative | legēns | legentēs | legentia | ||
genitive | legentis | legentium | |||
dative | legentī | legentibus | |||
accusative | legentem | legēns | legentēs legentīs |
legentia | |
ablative | legente legentī1 |
legentibus | |||
vocative | legēns | legentēs | legentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
[edit]- “legens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- legens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
- to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre
- the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
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- Latin masculine nouns
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- Latin participles
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- Latin words in Meissner and Auden's phrasebook