regens

See also: Regens and régens

English

Noun

regens

1. plural of regen

Verb

regens

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of regen

Anagrams

• Grenes, greens, Egners, negers, Greens, Gerens, renegs, Senger, Gesner, genres

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

regens

1. plural of regen

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of regō (“rule”).

Participle

regēns (genitive regentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. ruling, governing
2. guiding, steering
3. overseeing, managing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	regēns			regentēs	regentia
genitive	regentis			regentium
dative	regentī			regentibus
accusative	regentem	regēns		regentēs regentīs	regentia
ablative	regente regentī1			regentibus
vocative	regēns			regentēs	regentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: regent
• English: regent, regency
• French: régent
• Galician: rexente
• Italian: reggente
• Occitan: regent
• Portuguese: regente
• Romanian: regent
• Spanish: regente

References

• “regens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• regens 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)