cernens in Latin

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Etymology: Present active participle of cernō (“discern”). Head templates: {{la-part|cernēns}} cernēns (genitive cernentis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|cernēns<3-P+>}} Forms: cernēns [canonical], cernentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cernēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], cernentēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], cernentia [neuter, nominative, plural], cernentis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], cernentium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], cernentī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], cernentibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cernentem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], cernēns [accusative, neuter, singular], cernentēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], cernentīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], cernentia [accusative, neuter, plural], cernente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], cernentī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], cernentibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], cernēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], cernentēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], cernentia [neuter, plural, vocative]

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  "etymology_text": "Present active participle of cernō (“discern”).",
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    },
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    {
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        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "la",
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          "_dis": "52 48",
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        "separating, sifting"
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        {
          "english": "What were your feelings then, Dido, upon seeing such [things]?",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.408",
          "text": "Quis tibi tum, Dīdō, cernentī tālia sēnsūs?",
          "translation": "What were your feelings then, Dido, upon seeing such [things]?",
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        }
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        "distinguishing, discerning, seeing"
      ],
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          "seeing",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cernens"
}

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    "Latin participles",
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"cernens" meaning in Latin

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