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petens
petens
Latin
Participle
petēns m, f, n (genitive petentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
| genitive | petentis | petentium | |||
| dative | petentī | petentibus | |||
| accusative | petentem | petēns | petentēs | petentia | |
| ablative | petente, petentī1 | petentibus | |||
| vocative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- PETENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “petens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
- to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse