petens
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of petō (“I ask, beg, attack”).
Participle
[edit]petēns (genitive petentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
| genitive | petentis | petentium | |||
| dative | petentī | petentibus | |||
| accusative | petentem | petēns | petentēs petentīs |
petentia | |
| ablative | petente petentī1 |
petentibus | |||
| vocative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
[edit]- petens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- petens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
- to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse