resistens

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Latin

Etymology

Present participle of resistō.

Participle

resistēns (genitive resistentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. remaining, continuing
  2. withstanding, opposing, resisting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative resistēns resistentēs resistentia
Genitive resistentis resistentium
Dative resistentī resistentibus
Accusative resistentem resistēns resistentēs
resistentīs 		resistentia
Ablative resistente
resistentī1 		resistentibus
Vocative resistēns resistentēs resistentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

References

  • “resistens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Noun

resistens

  1. Alternative form of resistence
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