gerens

See also: Gerens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of gerō (“carry, bear; wear”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡe.rens/, [ˈɡɛrẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒe.rens/, [ˈd͡ʒɛːrens]

Participle

gerēns (genitive gerentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. carrying, bearing; wearing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	gerēns			gerentēs	gerentia
Genitive	gerentis			gerentium
Dative	gerentī			gerentibus
Accusative	gerentem	gerēns		gerentēs gerentīs	gerentia
Ablative	gerente gerentī1			gerentibus
Vocative	gerēns			gerentēs	gerentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “gerens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “gerens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• gerens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • business-men: homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentes
    
  • good men of business: negotii bene gerentes (Quint. 19. 62)