nitens
Latin
Etymology 1
Present active participle of niteō (“shine, glitter; thrive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈnɪt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ens]
Participle
nitēns (genitive nitentis, adverb nitenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- shining, glittering, bright
- Synonym: fulgēns
- sleek, fat
- thriving; illustrious
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
| Genitive | nitentis | nitentium | |||
| Dative | nitentī | nitentibus | |||
| Accusative | nitentem | nitēns | nitentēs nitentīs |
nitentia | |
| Ablative | nitente nitentī1 |
nitentibus | |||
| Vocative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- → English: nitent
Etymology 2
Present active participle of nītor (“strain, struggle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈniː.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ens]
Participle
nītēns (genitive nītentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nītēns | nītentēs | nītentia | ||
| Genitive | nītentis | nītentium | |||
| Dative | nītentī | nītentibus | |||
| Accusative | nītentem | nītēns | nītentēs nītentīs |
nītentia | |
| Ablative | nītente nītentī1 |
nītentibus | |||
| Vocative | nītēns | nītentēs | nītentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nitens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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