deferens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēferō (“carry, remove”)

Participle

dēferēns (genitive dēferentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. carrying, bearing away
2. diverting, driving off
3. reporting, indicting, accusing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dēferēns			dēferentēs	dēferentia
Genitive	dēferentis			dēferentium
Dative	dēferentī			dēferentibus
Accusative	dēferentem	dēferēns		dēferentēs dēferentīs	dēferentia
Ablative	dēferente dēferentī1			dēferentibus
Vocative	dēferēns			dēferentēs	dēferentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• vās dēferēns

Descendants

• Catalan: deferent
• French: déférent
• Galician: deferente
• Italian: deferente
• Occitan: deferent
• Portuguese: deferente
• Romanian: deferent
• Spanish: deferente