iactans

Latin

Alternative forms

• jactans

Etymology

Present active participle of iactō (“throw, cast”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ak.tans/, [ˈi̯äkt̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjak.tans/, [ˈjäkt̪äns]

Participle

iactāns (genitive iactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. throwing, casting, hurling
2. scattering, tossing
3. (figuratively) disturbing, disquieting
4. uttering, speaking, throwing out
5. hurling insults, insulting
6. boasting, boastful, acting conceitedly
7. being officious

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	iactāns			iactantēs	iactantia
Genitive	iactantis			iactantium
Dative	iactantī			iactantibus
Accusative	iactantem	iactāns		iactantēs iactantīs	iactantia
Ablative	iactante iactantī1			iactantibus
Vocative	iactāns			iactantēs	iactantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

iactāns (genitive iactantis, adverb iactanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. arrogant
2. boastful

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	iactāns			iactantēs	iactantia
Genitive	iactantis			iactantium
Dative	iactantī			iactantibus
Accusative	iactantem	iactāns		iactantēs	iactantia
Ablative	iactantī			iactantibus
Vocative	iactāns			iactantēs	iactantia

Derived terms

• iactanter

References

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