ardens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ārdeō (“burn”).

Participle

ārdēns (genitive ārdentis, superlative ārdentissimus, adverb ārdenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. burning, on fire, fiery
2. shining, brilliant
3. eager, ardent, passionate

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ārdēns			ārdentēs	ārdentia
Genitive	ārdentis			ārdentium
Dative	ārdentī			ārdentibus
Accusative	ārdentem	ārdēns		ārdentēs ārdentīs	ārdentia
Ablative	ārdente ārdentī1			ārdentibus
Vocative	ārdēns			ārdentēs	ārdentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: ardent
• English: ardent
• French: ardent
• Galician: ardente
• Italian: ardente
• Portuguese: ardente
• Romanian: ardent
• Spanish: ardiente

References

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