Latin edit

Etymology edit

Present active participle of haesitō (hesitate)

Participle edit

haesitāns (genitive haesitantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. hesitating, uncertain
  2. remaining fixed in place

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative haesitāns haesitantēs haesitantia
Genitive haesitantis haesitantium
Dative haesitantī haesitantibus
Accusative haesitantem haesitāns haesitantēs
haesitantīs
haesitantia
Ablative haesitante
haesitantī1
haesitantibus
Vocative haesitāns haesitantēs haesitantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References edit

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