expetens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of expetō.

Participle

expetēns (genitive expetentis, adverb expetenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. desiring
2. desirous

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	expetēns			expetentēs	expetentia
Genitive	expetentis			expetentium
Dative	expetentī			expetentibus
Accusative	expetentem	expetēns		expetentēs expetentīs	expetentia
Ablative	expetente expetentī1			expetentibus
Vocative	expetēns			expetentēs	expetentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• expetendus
• expetenter
• expetessō, expetissō
• expetibilis
• expetitio
• expetitor
• expetitus

References

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