reverens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of revereor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.u̯e.rens/, [ˈreu̯ɛrẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ve.rens/, [ˈrɛːverens]

Participle

reverēns (genitive reverentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. respecting
2. respectful, reverent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia
genitive	reverentis			reverentium
dative	reverentī			reverentibus
accusative	reverentem	reverēns		reverentēs reverentīs	reverentia
ablative	reverente reverentī1			reverentibus
vocative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

reverēns (genitive reverentis, superlative reverentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. reverent

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia
genitive	reverentis			reverentium
dative	reverentī			reverentibus
accusative	reverentem	reverēns		reverentēs	reverentia
ablative	reverentī			reverentibus
vocative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia

Derived terms

• reverentia

Descendants

• Catalan: reverent
• Middle French: révérent
  • → English: reverent
• Italian: riverente
• Portuguese: reverente
• Spanish: reverente

References

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