Latin edit

Etymology edit

Present active participle of fugiō (flee; hasten).

Participle edit

fugiēns (genitive fugientis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. fleeing
  2. speeding, hastening, passing quickly

Declension edit

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative fugiēns fugientēs fugientia
Genitive fugientis fugientium
Dative fugientī fugientibus
Accusative fugientem fugiēns fugientēs
fugientīs
fugientia
Ablative fugiente
fugientī1
fugientibus
Vocative fugiēns fugientēs fugientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References edit

  • fugiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • fugiens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fugiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • lazy: fugiens laboris
    • to press the fugitives: fugientibus instare
    • to cut off some one's flight: excipere aliquem fugientem
    • there was great slaughter of fugitives: magna caedes hostium fugientium facta est