nitens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle from niteō (“shine, glitter; thrive”).
Participle
nitēns m, f, n (genitive nitentis); third declension
- shining, glittering, bright
- sleek, fat
- thriving; illustrious
- straining, struggling
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
| Genitive | nitentis | nitentium | |||
| Dative | nitentī | nitentibus | |||
| Accusative | nitentem | nitēns | nitentēs, nitentīs | nitentia | |
| Ablative | nitente, nitentī1 | nitentibus | |||
| Vocative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Synonyms
- (shining): fulgēns
References
- nitens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nitens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nitens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Swedish
Noun
nitens
- definite genitive singular of nit