resistens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of resistō.

Participle

resistēns (genitive resistentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. remaining, continuing
2. withstanding, opposing, resisting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	resistēns			resistentēs	resistentia
genitive	resistentis			resistentium
dative	resistentī			resistentibus
accusative	resistentem	resistēns		resistentēs resistentīs	resistentia
ablative	resistente resistentī1			resistentibus
vocative	resistēns			resistentēs	resistentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• resistentia

References

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

Middle English

Noun

resistens

1. Alternative form of resistence