opponens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of oppōnō (“oppose”).
Participle
oppōnēns (genitive oppōnentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- opposing
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | oppōnēns | oppōnentēs | oppōnentia | ||
| Genitive | oppōnentis | oppōnentium | |||
| Dative | oppōnentī | oppōnentibus | |||
| Accusative | oppōnentem | oppōnēns | oppōnentēs oppōnentīs | oppōnentia | |
| Ablative | oppōnente oppōnentī1 | oppōnentibus | |||
| Vocative | oppōnēns | oppōnentēs | oppōnentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- Catalan: oponent
- Galician: opoñente
- Portuguese: oponente
- Spanish: oponente
References
- opponens 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)