patiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of patior (“suffer, experience, wait”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpa.ti.eːns/

Participle

patiēns m, f, and n (genitive patientis); third declension

1. suffering, enduring
2. allowing, acquiescing, submitting
3. patient; long-suffering

Inflection

Number	Singular			Plural
Case \ Gender	M.F.	N.		MM.FF.	NN.
nominative	patiens	patiens		patientēs	patientia
genitive	patientis	patientis		patientium	patientium
dative	patientī	patientī		patientibus	patientibus
accusative	patientem	patiens		patientēs	patientia
ablative	patientī	patientī		patientibus	patientibus
vocative	patiens	patiens		patientēs	patientia

Descendants

• English: patient
• Afrikaans: pasiënt
• Croatian: pacìjent
• Danish: patient
• Dutch: patiënt
• Esperanto: paciento
• French: patient
• German: Patient
• Hungarian: páciens

• Italian: paziente
• Norwegian: pasient
• Polish: pacjent
• Portuguese: paciente
• Romanian: pacient
• Russian: пациент
• Slovak: pacient
• Spanish: paciente
• Swedish: patient