albens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of albeō (“to be white”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈäɫ̪bẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈälbens]

Participle

albēns (genitive albentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. whitening; white
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.109–110:

     Phinea cecidere manu, Cererisque sacerdos Ampycus, albenti velatus tempora vitta.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	albēns			albentēs	albentia
Genitive	albentis			albentium
Dative	albentī			albentibus
Accusative	albentem	albēns		albentēs albentīs	albentia
Ablative	albente albentī1			albentibus
Vocative	albēns			albentēs	albentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “albens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers