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Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of queō (“can, be able to”)
Pronunciation
Participle
quiēns (genitive queuntis); third-declension one-termination participle
- (being) able to
c. 125 CE – 180 CE,
Apuleius,
Metamorphoses 6.5:
- Isto quoque fortunae naufragio, Psyche, perterrita nec indipisci iam maritum volatilem quiens, tota spe salutis deposita, sic ipsa suas cogitationes consuluit: ...
- With this "shipwreck" of bad luck, Psyche, terrified and hopeless as she was, not being able to contact her flying husband anymore, started holding these thoughts: ...
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.