"-ens" meaning in Latin

See -ens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Rebracketing of forms such as monēns (stem monē- + suffix -ns) or legēns (stem leg- + thematic vowel -e- + -ns). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:from|la:-ns<id:present active participle>|id=present active participle}}, {{lg|Rebracketing}} Rebracketing Head templates: {{head|la|suffix|head=-ēns}} -ēns Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ēns<3-P+>}} Forms: -ēns [canonical], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], -entēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], -entia [neuter, nominative, plural], -entis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], -entium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], -entī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -entibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -entem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], -ēns [accusative, neuter, singular], -entēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -entīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -entia [accusative, neuter, plural], -ente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -entī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -entibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], -entēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], -entia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. ending of the present active participle of second and third conjugation verbs; see -ns Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ens-la-suffix-dJriXWkH Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries
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      "lang_code": "nb",
      "word": "-ent"
    }
  ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ēns",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-entēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-entia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-entis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-entium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-entī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
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    },
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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        "neuter",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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      },
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    }
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          "kind": "other",
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      ],
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    },
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        "neuter",
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    },
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    },
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    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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}

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