scribens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of scrībō (“I write”)

Participle

scrībēns (genitive scrībentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. writing
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.41:

     carmina sēcessum scrībentis et ōtia quaerunt

     Verses require of [their] writing [both] solitude and leisure

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	scrībēns			scrībentēs	scrībentia
Genitive	scrībentis			scrībentium
Dative	scrībentī			scrībentibus
Accusative	scrībentem	scrībēns		scrībentēs scrībentīs	scrībentia
Ablative	scrībente scrībentī1			scrībentibus
Vocative	scrībēns			scrībentēs	scrībentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.