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quaerens
quaerens
Latin
Participle
quaerēns m, f, n (genitive quaerentis); third declension
- seeking, looking for
- asking, questioning, inquiring
- striving for; endeavoring
- missing, lacking
- desiring
Declension
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | quaerēns | quaerentēs | quaerentia | ||
| genitive | quaerentis | quaerentium | |||
| dative | quaerentī | quaerentibus | |||
| accusative | quaerentem | quaerēns | quaerentēs | quaerentia | |
| ablative | quaerente, quaerentī1 | quaerentibus | |||
| vocative | quaerēns | quaerentēs | quaerentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Noun
quaerēns m (genitive quaerentis); third declension
- (law) a plaintiff or complainant
- nec alicui quaerentī respondēre possit
- no plaintiff whatsoever may be able to answer
- nec alicui quaerentī respondēre possit
Declension
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | quaerēns | quaerentēs |
| genitive | quaerentis | quaerentium |
| dative | quaerentī | quaerentibus |
| accusative | quaerentem | quaerentēs |
| ablative | quaerente | quaerentibus |
| vocative | quaerēns | quaerentēs |
References
- “quaerens” on page 877/1 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)