significans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of significō (“point out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /siɡˈni.fi.kans/, [s̠ɪŋˈnɪfɪkä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siɲˈɲi.fi.kans/, [siɲˈɲiːfikäns]

Participle

significāns (genitive significantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out
2. (by extension) significant, meaningful
3. (by extension) expressive
4. portending, prognosticating
5. calling, naming
6. meaning, importing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	significāns			significantēs	significantia
genitive	significantis			significantium
dative	significantī			significantibus
accusative	significantem	significāns		significantēs significantīs	significantia
ablative	significante significantī1			significantibus
vocative	significāns			significantēs	significantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• significantia

Related terms

• significō

References

• “significans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• significans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.