nascens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).

Participle

nāscēns (genitive nāscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. being born, begotten.
2. arising, emerging, proceeding.
3. growing, springing forth.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nāscēns			nāscentēs	nāscentia
Genitive	nāscentis			nāscentium
Dative	nāscentī			nāscentibus
Accusative	nāscentem	nāscēns		nāscentēs nāscentīs	nāscentia
Ablative	nāscente nāscentī1			nāscentibus
Vocative	nāscēns			nāscentēs	nāscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: naixent
• English: nascent
• French: naissant
• Friulian: nassint
• Galician: nacente
• Italian: nascente
• Occitan: naissent
• Portuguese: nascente
• Spanish: naciente

References

• “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nascens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.