petens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of petō (“I ask, beg, attack”).
Participle
petēns (genitive petentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- desiring
- attacking
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
| Genitive | petentis | petentium | |||
| Dative | petentī | petentibus | |||
| Accusative | petentem | petēns | petentēs petentīs | petentia | |
| Ablative | petente petentī1 | petentibus | |||
| Vocative | petēns | petentēs | petentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- petens 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)
- petens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse
- to refuse, reject a request: petenti alicui negare aliquid
- to accede to a man's petitions: alicui petenti satisfacere, non deesse