albens
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of albeō (“to be white”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈäɫ̪bẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈälbens]
Participle edit
albēns (genitive albentis); third-declension one-termination participle
- whitening; white
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.109–110:
- Phinea cecidere manu, Cererisque sacerdos Ampycus, albenti velatus tempora vitta.
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
| Genitive | albentis | albentium | |||
| Dative | albentī | albentibus | |||
| Accusative | albentem | albēns | albentēs albentīs |
albentia | |
| Ablative | albente albentī1 |
albentibus | |||
| Vocative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References edit
- “albens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers