legens

See also: Legens

Danish

Noun

legens c

1. definite genitive singular of leg

Latin

Etymology

From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡens/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒens/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒens]

Noun

legēns m (genitive legentis); third declension

1. A reader.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	legēns	legentēs
Genitive	legentis	legentium
Dative	legentī	legentibus
Accusative	legentem	legentēs legentīs
Ablative	legente	legentibus
Vocative	legēns	legentēs

Related terms

• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctor

Participle

legēns (genitive legentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. choosing, selecting, appointing.
2. collecting, gathering, bringing together.
3. taking, stealing.
4. traversing, passing through.
5. reading (aloud), reciting.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	legēns			legentēs	legentia
Genitive	legentis			legentium
Dative	legentī			legentibus
Accusative	legentem	legēns		legentēs legentīs	legentia
Ablative	legente legentī1			legentibus
Vocative	legēns			legentēs	legentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “legens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• legens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
    
  • to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre