habitans

English

Noun

habitans

1. plural of habitan

Anagrams

• abthains

French

Alternative forms

• habitants (standard modern French)

Noun

habitans m

1. (archaic) plural of habitant

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of habitō (“reside, inhabit”)

Participle

habitāns (genitive habitantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. residing, inhabiting
2. remaining, dwelling
3. (figuratively) lingering

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	habitāns			habitantēs	habitantia
Genitive	habitantis			habitantium
Dative	habitantī			habitantibus
Accusative	habitantem	habitāns		habitantēs habitantīs	habitantia
Ablative	habitante habitantī1			habitantibus
Vocative	habitāns			habitantēs	habitantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “habitans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle French

Noun

habitans m

1. plural of habitant