iactans
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Present active participle of iactō (“throw, cast”)
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈi̯ak.tans/, [ˈi̯äkt̪ä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈjak.tans/, [ˈjäkt̪äns]
Participle edit
iactāns (genitive iactantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- throwing, casting, hurling
- scattering, tossing
- (figuratively) disturbing, disquieting
- uttering, speaking, throwing out
- hurling insults, insulting
- boasting, boastful, acting conceitedly
- being officious
Declension edit
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 edit
iactāns (genitive iactantis, adverb iactanter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension edit
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 edit
References edit
- “iactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers