paenitens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of paeniteō (“regret; displease, cause regret”).

Participle

paenitēns (genitive paenitentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. regretting, repenting, penitent, contrite

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	paenitēns			paenitentēs	paenitentia
Genitive	paenitentis			paenitentium
Dative	paenitentī			paenitentibus
Accusative	paenitentem	paenitēns		paenitentēs paenitentīs	paenitentia
Ablative	paenitente paenitentī1			paenitentibus
Vocative	paenitēns			paenitentēs	paenitentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → English: penitent

References

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