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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).
Participle
nāscēns (genitive nāscentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- being born, begotten.
- arising, emerging, proceeding.
- growing, springing forth.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
References
- “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nascens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.