"-ns" meaning in Latin

See -ns in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-onts. Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:inh|ine-pro:*-onts|id=present active participle}}, {{inh|la|ine-pro|*-onts}} Proto-Indo-European *-onts Head templates: {{head|la|suffix|cat2=adjective-forming suffixes}} -ns Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|-ns<3-P+>}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], -ns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], -ntēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], -ntia [neuter, nominative, plural], -ntis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], -ntium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], -ntī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -ntibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ntem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], -ns [accusative, neuter, singular], -ntēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -ntīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], -ntia [accusative, neuter, plural], -nte [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -ntī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], -ntibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], -ns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], -ntēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], -ntia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. -ing; ending of the present active participle Tags: morpheme Related terms: -āns, -ēns, -iēns
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "ine-pro:*-onts",
        "id": "present active participle"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-onts"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-onts",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.",
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-nte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ns",
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    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ns<3-P+>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using catfix",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ing; ending of the present active participle"
      ],
      "id": "en--ns-la-suffix-3xf~Mzme",
      "links": [
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "-āns"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ēns"
        },
        {
          "word": "-iēns"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ns"
}
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      "args": {
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        "2": ":inh",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Indo-European *-onts.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntis",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntium",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-nte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ns",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-ntia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "adjective-forming suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ns",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-ns<3-P+>"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "-āns"
    },
    {
      "word": "-ēns"
    },
    {
      "word": "-iēns"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries with collapsible category trees for nonexistent categories",
        "Latin adjective-forming suffixes",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin suffixes",
        "Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "-ing; ending of the present active participle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "-ing",
          "-ing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ns"
}

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