repens
repens
Present active participle of rēpō (“creep, crawl”).
rēpēns (genitive rēpentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | rēpēns | rēpentēs | rēpentia | ||
Genitive | rēpentis | rēpentium | |||
Dative | rēpentī | rēpentibus | |||
Accusative | rēpentem | rēpēns | rēpentēs rēpentīs |
rēpentia | |
Ablative | rēpente rēpentī1 |
rēpentibus | |||
Vocative | rēpēns | rēpentēs | rēpentia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Of uncertain origin. De Vaan prefers to derive the word from Proto-Italic *rep-nt-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁repnt- (“seizing”), the aorist participle of *h₁rep- (“to snatch”), and thus cognate with rapiō (“to snatch”); see there for more.
repēns (genitive repentis, adverb repente); third-declension one-termination adjective
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | repēns | repentēs | repentia | ||
Genitive | repentis | repentium | |||
Dative | repentī | repentibus | |||
Accusative | repentem | repēns | repentēs | repentia | |
Ablative | repentī | repentibus | |||
Vocative | repēns | repentēs | repentia |
repēns (not comparable)
repens