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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of natō (“swim, float”)
Pronunciation
Participle
natāns (genitive natantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- swimming, floating.
- streaming, flowing.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- natans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.