haesitans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of haesitō (“hesitate”)

Participle

haesitāns (genitive haesitantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. hesitating, uncertain
2. remaining fixed in place

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	haesitāns			haesitantēs	haesitantia
Genitive	haesitantis			haesitantium
Dative	haesitantī			haesitantibus
Accusative	haesitantem	haesitāns		haesitantēs haesitantīs	haesitantia
Ablative	haesitante haesitantī1			haesitantibus
Vocative	haesitāns			haesitantēs	haesitantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “haesitans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers