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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of animō.
Participle
animāns (genitive animantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- animating
- animate, living
- reviving
- inspiring
- inciting
- encouraging
Noun
animans
- A living thing or creature, an animal (as opposed to plants; as opposed to a man)
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “animans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “animans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- animans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.