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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of competō.
Participle
competēns (genitive competentis, adverb competenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- meeting, coinciding, agreeing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
References
- “competens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- competens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.