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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of audeō.
Participle
audēns (genitive audentis, comparative audentior, superlative audentissimus, adverb audenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- daring, venturing, risking
- Synonyms: audāx, prōmptus
- Antonyms: timidus, pavidus
- (figuratively) those people who are: daring, venturing, risking; those who dare; the brave or bold
8 CE,
Ovid,
Fasti 2.782:
- Audentēs forsque deusque iuvat.
- And luck and god help daring , or:
Chance and god aid those who dare, or from 1851:
‘‘Be it chance, or be it a providence that aids the bold’’
1851. The Fasti &c of Ovid. Trans. & notes by H. T. Riley. London: H. G. Bohn. pg. 81.
- (poetic) being eager for battle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “audens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “audens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- audens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.