fluens

fluens

Danish

Noun

fluens c

1. definite genitive singular of flue

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fluō (“I flow”)

Participle

fluēns (genitive fluentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. flowing, streaming, pouring.
2. being soaked in.
3. fluent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	fluēns			fluentēs	fluentia
Genitive	fluentis			fluentium
Dative	fluentī			fluentibus
Accusative	fluentem	fluēns		fluentēs fluentīs	fluentia
Ablative	fluente fluentī1			fluentibus
Vocative	fluēns			fluentēs	fluentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “fluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fluens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • when life runs smoothly: in rebus prosperis et ad voluntatem fluentibus
    
  • an easy, fluent style: oratio aequabiliter fluens