ludens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of lūdō.

Participle

lūdēns (genitive lūdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. playing, people who play
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.17:
      numquam cum ludentibus miscui me neque cum his qui in levitate ambulant participem me praebui
      Never have I joined myself with them that play: neither have I made myself partaker with them that walk in lightness.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative lūdēns lūdentēs lūdentia
genitive lūdentis lūdentium
dative lūdentī lūdentibus
accusative lūdentem lūdēns lūdentēs
lūdentīs
lūdentia
ablative lūdente
lūdentī1
lūdentibus
vocative lūdēns lūdentēs lūdentia

1When used purely as an adjective.