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Latin
Etymology
Present participle of tābeō
Participle
tābēns (genitive tābentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- dripping
29 BCE – 19 BCE,
Virgil,
Aeneid 1.172–173:
- ēgressī optāta potiuntur Trōēs harēnā,
et sale tābentīs artūs in lītore pōnunt.- Having disembarked, the Trojans gain the chosen sand, and upon the shore they fling limbs, dripping with brine.
Declension
Third-declension participle.
1When used purely as an adjective.