petens

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of petō (I ask, beg, attack).

Participle

petēns (genitive petentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. desiring
  2. attacking

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative petēns petentēs petentia
genitive petentis petentium
dative petentī petentibus
accusative petentem petēns petentēs
petentīs
petentia
ablative petente
petentī1
petentibus
vocative petēns petentēs petentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • petens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • petens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
    • to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid