linquens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of linquō.

Participle

linquēns (genitive linquentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. departing, leaving, abandoning, forsaking, quitting
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.389–391:

     [...] sēque ex oculīs āvertit et aufert, / linquēns multa metū cūnctantem et multa parantem / dīcere. [...].

     And [Dido] turns away and withdraws from his sight, leaving [Aeneas] very worried, hesitant, and with so much he was wanting to say.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	linquēns			linquentēs	linquentia
genitive	linquentis			linquentium
dative	linquentī			linquentibus
accusative	linquentem	linquēns		linquentēs linquentīs	linquentia
ablative	linquente linquentī1			linquentibus
vocative	linquēns			linquentēs	linquentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.