particeps

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *partikaps. By surface analysis, pars (“part”) +‎ -ceps (“taker”). See participō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti.keps/, [ˈpärt̪ɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈpärt̪it͡ʃeps]

Adjective

particeps (genitive participis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sharing, partaking, participant, participating

   Synonym: affīnis

   Antonym: expers

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	particeps			participēs	participia
Genitive	participis			participium
Dative	participī			participibus
Accusative	participem	particeps		participēs	participia
Ablative	participe			participibus
Vocative	particeps			participēs	participia

Descendants

• Italian: partecipe
• Sicilian: partìcipi
• Spanish: partícipe
• Portuguese: partícipe

Etymology 2

Substantivation of the latter adjective.

Noun

particeps m (genitive participis); third declension

1. a participant, someone who has his share in (something)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	particeps	participēs
Genitive	participis	participum
Dative	participī	participibus
Accusative	participem	participēs
Ablative	participe	participibus
Vocative	particeps	participēs

References

• “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• particeps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse