nocens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of noceō (“harm”).

Participle

nocēns (genitive nocentis, comparative nocentior, superlative nocentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. injuring, doing harm, hurting
  2. harmful, hurtful, pernicious
  3. bad, wicked, criminal
  4. guilty

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nocēns nocentēs nocentia
genitive nocentis nocentium
dative nocentī nocentibus
accusative nocentem nocēns nocentēs
nocentīs 		nocentia
ablative nocente
nocentī1 		nocentibus
vocative nocēns nocentēs nocentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • → Italian: nocente

References

  • “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nocens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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