"defendens" meaning in Latin

See defendens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Present active participle of dēfendō (“drive away; defend”). Head templates: {{la-part|dēfendēns}} dēfendēns (genitive dēfendentis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|dēfendēns<3-P+>}} Forms: dēfendēns [canonical], dēfendentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], dēfendēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], dēfendentēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], dēfendentia [neuter, nominative, plural], dēfendentis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], dēfendentium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], dēfendentī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], dēfendentibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēfendentem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], dēfendēns [accusative, neuter, singular], dēfendentēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], dēfendentīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], dēfendentia [accusative, neuter, plural], dēfendente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], dēfendentī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], dēfendentibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], dēfendēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], dēfendentēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], dēfendentia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. driving away Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: dēfendō (extra: drive away; defend)
    Sense id: en-defendens-la-verb-71Gs1yDO Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension participles of one termination, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Latin third declension participles of one termination: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4
  2. defending, guarding, protecting Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: dēfendō (extra: drive away; defend)
    Sense id: en-defendens-la-verb-Z1Gpr8Aw
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