paenitens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of paeniteō (“regret; displease, cause regret”).
Participle
paenitēns (genitive paenitentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- regretting, repenting
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | paenitēns | paenitentēs | paenitentia | ||
| Genitive | paenitentis | paenitentium | |||
| Dative | paenitentī | paenitentibus | |||
| Accusative | paenitentem | paenitēns | paenitentēs paenitentīs | paenitentia | |
| Ablative | paenitente paenitentī1 | paenitentibus | |||
| Vocative | paenitēns | paenitentēs | paenitentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- → English: penitent
References
- paenitens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers