deficiens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of dēficiō.
Participle
dēficiēns (genitive dēficientis); third-declension one-termination participle
- failing, disappointing
- deserting, abandoning
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | dēficiēns | dēficientēs | dēficientia | ||
| Genitive | dēficientis | dēficientium | |||
| Dative | dēficientī | dēficientibus | |||
| Accusative | dēficientem | dēficiēns | dēficientēs dēficientīs | dēficientia | |
| Ablative | dēficiente dēficientī1 | dēficientibus | |||
| Vocative | dēficiēns | dēficientēs | dēficientia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- deficiens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)