reticens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of reticeō (“I am silent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ti.kens/, [ˈrɛt̪ɪkẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ti.t͡ʃens/, [ˈrɛːt̪it͡ʃens]

Participle

reticēns (genitive reticentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. being silent, keeping silent; silent, reticent
2. keeping secret, concealing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	reticēns			reticentēs	reticentia
genitive	reticentis			reticentium
dative	reticentī			reticentibus
accusative	reticentem	reticēns		reticentēs reticentīs	reticentia
ablative	reticente reticentī1			reticentibus
vocative	reticēns			reticentēs	reticentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → Catalan: reticent
• → English: reticent
• → French: réticent
• → Galician: reticente
• → Italian: reticente
• → Occitan: reticent
• → Portuguese: reticente
• → Romanian: reticent
• → Spanish: reticente