nocens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of noceō (“harm”).

Participle

nocēns (genitive nocentis, comparative nocentior, superlative nocentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. injuring, doing harm, hurting
2. harmful, hurtful, pernicious
3. bad, wicked, criminal
4. guilty

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	nocēns			nocentēs	nocentia
genitive	nocentis			nocentium
dative	nocentī			nocentibus
accusative	nocentem	nocēns		nocentēs nocentīs	nocentia
ablative	nocente nocentī1			nocentibus
vocative	nocēns			nocentēs	nocentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• noceō

Descendants

• → Italian: nocente

References

• “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nocens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.