significans
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of significō (“point out”).
Participle
significāns m, f, n (genitive significantis); third declension
- showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out
- (by extension) significant, meaningful
- (by extension) expressive
- portending, prognosticating
- calling, naming
- meaning, importing
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | significāns | significāns | significantēs | significantia | |
| Genitive | significantis | significantis | significantium | significantium | |
| Dative | significantī | significantī | significantibus | significantibus | |
| Accusative | significantem | significāns | significantēs, significantīs | significantia | |
| Ablative | significante, significantī1 | significante, significantī1 | significantibus | significantibus | |
| Vocative | significāns | significāns | significantēs | significantia | |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Related terms
- significō
References
- significans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- significans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette