significans
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of significō (“point out”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /siɡˈni.fi.kans/, [s̠ɪŋˈnɪfɪkä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siɲˈɲi.fi.kans/, [siɲˈɲiːfikäns]
Participle edit
significāns (genitive significantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out
- (by extension) significant, meaningful
- (by extension) expressive
- portending, prognosticating
- calling, naming
- meaning, importing
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | significāns | significantēs | significantia | ||
| Genitive | significantis | significantium | |||
| Dative | significantī | significantibus | |||
| Accusative | significantem | significāns | significantēs significantīs |
significantia | |
| Ablative | significante significantī1 |
significantibus | |||
| Vocative | significāns | significantēs | significantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
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Related terms edit
References edit
- “significans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- significans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.