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iacens
iacens
Latin
Participle
iacēns m, f, n (genitive iacentis); third declension
- lying prostrate, lying down; reclining
- lying ill, being sick
- lingering, tarrying
- being placed or situated, lying
- being low, flat or level
- lying still
- lying dead
- lying in ruins
- hanging down loose
- (of the face or eyes) being fixed on the ground, being cast down
- being indolent, idle or inactive
- lying dormant or abandoned, being of no avail
- lying overthrown; being refuted; being despised
- (of speech or language) being languid, dull or lifeless
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | iacēns | iacentēs | iacentia | ||
| genitive | iacentis | iacentium | |||
| dative | iacentī | iacentibus | |||
| accusative | iacentem | iacēns | iacentēs | iacentia | |
| ablative | iacente, iacentī1 | iacentibus | |||
| vocative | iacēns | iacentēs | iacentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- iacens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “iacens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)
- to inspire the spiritless and prostrate with new vigour: excitare animum iacentem et afflictum (opp. frangere animum)