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implicans
implicans
English
Noun
implicans (uncountable)
- Another name for the antecedent in the if-clause; the well-formed formula (wff); also known as protasis.
Related terms
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of implicō (“entangle, enfold”)
Participle
implicāns m, f, n (genitive implicantis); third declension
- entangling, entwining
- enfolding, enveloping, encircling
- embracing
- clasping, grasping
- (figuratively) uniting, associating, joining
- implicating, involving, embarrassing
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | implicāns | implicantēs | implicantia | ||
| genitive | implicantis | implicantium | |||
| dative | implicantī | implicantibus | |||
| accusative | implicantem | implicāns | implicantēs | implicantia | |
| ablative | implicante, implicantī1 | implicantibus | |||
| vocative | implicāns | implicantēs | implicantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.