debens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of dēbeō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.beːns/
Participle
dēbēns m or f or n (genitive dēbentis); third declension
- owing; being obliged
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēbēns | dēbēns | dēbentēs | dēbentia | |
| Genitive | dēbentis | dēbentis | dēbentium | dēbentium | |
| Dative | dēbentī | dēbentī | dēbentibus | dēbentibus | |
| Accusative | dēbentem | dēbēns | dēbentēs, dēbentīs | dēbentia | |
| Ablative | dēbente, dēbentī1 | dēbente, dēbentī1 | dēbentibus | dēbentibus | |
| Vocative | dēbēns | dēbēns | dēbentēs | dēbentia | |
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- debens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers