opponens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of oppōnō (“oppose”).

Participle

oppōnēns (genitive oppōnentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. opposing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	oppōnēns			oppōnentēs	oppōnentia
Genitive	oppōnentis			oppōnentium
Dative	oppōnentī			oppōnentibus
Accusative	oppōnentem	oppōnēns		oppōnentēs oppōnentīs	oppōnentia
Ablative	oppōnente oppōnentī1			oppōnentibus
Vocative	oppōnēns			oppōnentēs	oppōnentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: oponent
• Galician: opoñente
• Portuguese: oponente
• Spanish: oponente

References

• opponens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)