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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of gaudeō.
Participle
gaudēns (genitive gaudentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- rejoicing
- taking pleasure in, delighting, enjoying
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 4.189–190:
- Haec tum multiplicī populōs sermōne replēbat / gaudēns .
- Now was sating the peoples with many a tale, delighting .
(Fama or Rumor spreads talk of Dido and Aeneas beyond Carthage.)
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “gaudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gaudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gaudens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gaudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.