percontans

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of percontor.

Participle

percontāns (genitive percontantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. investigating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative percontāns percontantēs percontantia
genitive percontantis percontantium
dative percontantī percontantibus
accusative percontantem percontāns percontantēs
percontantīs
percontantia
ablative percontante
percontantī1
percontantibus
vocative percontāns percontantēs percontantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • percontans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to answer every question: percontanti non deesse (De Or. 1. 21. 97)