oscitans

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

ōscitāns (genitive ōscitantis, adverb ōscitanter); third-declension participle

  1. present active participle of ōscitō
  2. listless, sluggish, sleepy

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative ōscitāns ōscitantēs ōscitantia
genitive ōscitantis ōscitantium
dative ōscitantī ōscitantibus
accusative ōscitantem ōscitāns ōscitantēs
ōscitantīs 		ōscitantia
ablative ōscitante
ōscitantī1 		ōscitantibus
vocative ōscitāns ōscitantēs ōscitantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

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