natans

See also: Natans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of natō (“swim, float”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tans/, [ˈnät̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tans/, [ˈnäːt̪äns]

Participle

natāns (genitive natantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. swimming, floating.
2. streaming, flowing.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	natāns			natantēs	natantia
Genitive	natantis			natantium
Dative	natantī			natantibus
Accusative	natantem	natāns		natantēs natantīs	natantia
Ablative	natante natantī1			natantibus
Vocative	natāns			natantēs	natantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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