Latin edit

Etymology edit

Present participle of pariō.

Participle edit

pariēns (genitive parientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. bearing, giving birth
  2. spawning
  3. acquiring

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative pariēns parientēs parientia
Genitive parientis parientium
Dative parientī parientibus
Accusative parientem pariēns parientēs
parientīs
parientia
Ablative pariente
parientī1
parientibus
Vocative pariēns parientēs parientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Noun edit

pariēns m

  1. Misspelling of pariēs.
    • Graffiti at Pompeii, quoted in Texting Rome: Graffiti as Speech-Act and Cultural Discourse, page 8:
      ADMIROR O PARIENS TE NON CECIDISSE RVINIS QVI TOT SCRIPTORVM TAEDIA SVSTINEAS
      I am amazed, O wall, that you have not fallen in ruins, you who support the tediousness of so many writers. ― translation from the same source

References edit

  • pariens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pariens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pariens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette