pestilens
Latin
Etymology 1
Probably a back-formation from pestilentus, from pestis (“disease, plague; pest; destruction”).
Adjective
pestilēns (genitive pestilentis); third-declension one-termination adjective
- pestilential, infected, unhealthy
- noxious, destructive, pestilent
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | pestilēns | pestilentēs | pestilentia | ||
| Genitive | pestilentis | pestilentium | |||
| Dative | pestilentī | pestilentibus | |||
| Accusative | pestilentem | pestilēns | pestilentēs | pestilentia | |
| Ablative | pestilentī | pestilentibus | |||
| Vocative | pestilēns | pestilentēs | pestilentia | ||
Derived terms
- pestilentiōsus
Descendants
- Catalan: pestilent
- Italian: pestilente
- Portuguese: pestilente
- Spanish: pestilente
Etymology 2
From pestilēns (“noxious, pestilent”).
Noun
pestilēns m (genitive pestilentis); third declension
- a pestilent or noxious man
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pestilēns | pestilentēs |
| Genitive | pestilentis | pestilentum |
| Dative | pestilentī | pestilentibus |
| Accusative | pestilentem | pestilentēs |
| Ablative | pestilente | pestilentibus |
| Vocative | pestilēns | pestilentēs |
Related terms
- pestilentia
- pestis
References
- “pestilens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pestilens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pestilens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) the plague breaks out in the city: pestilentia (not pestis) in urbem (populum) invadit
- (ambiguous) the plague breaks out in the city: pestilentia (not pestis) in urbem (populum) invadit