"Valens" meaning in Latin

See Valens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈwa.ɫẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈvaː.lens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Latin valēnsnom. Latin Valēns Masculine nominalization of valēns (“strong, healthy”). Etymology templates: {{ety|la|:nom<g:m>|valēns<t:strong, healthy>|text=+|title=Valēns|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Latin valēnsnom. Latin Valēns [Appendix:Glossary#nominalization|nominalization]] of", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "strong, healthy", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "rule", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂welh₁-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₁ti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yeti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₁yeti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*walēō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "valeō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "valēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "Valēns", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }" data-lang="la" data-title="Valēns"> Masculine nominalization of valēns (“strong, healthy”). Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Valēns/Valent<3>|g=m}} Valēns m sg (genitive Valentis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Valēns/Valent<3>}} Forms: Valēns [canonical, masculine, singular], Valentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Valēns [nominative, singular], Valentis [genitive, singular], Valentī [dative, singular], Valentem [accusative, singular], Valente [ablative, singular], Valēns [singular, vocative]
  1. a masculine cognomen, most notably held by the Roman emperor Valens Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: Valentīnus
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