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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of currō (“I run”).
Participle
currēns (genitive currentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- running
- hurrying, hastening, speeding
- moving, travelling, proceeding
- travelling through, traversing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- currens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- an easy, fluent style: expedita et facile currens oratio