quiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of queō (“can, be able to”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷi.ens/, [ˈkʷiẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwi.ens/, [ˈkwiːens]

Participle

quiēns (genitive queuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. (being) able to
   • c. 125 CE – 180 CE, Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.5:

     Isto quoque fortunae naufragio, Psyche, perterrita nec indipisci iam maritum volatilem quiens, tota spe salutis deposita, sic ipsa suas cogitationes consuluit: ...

     With this "shipwreck" of bad luck, Psyche, terrified and hopeless as she was, not being able to contact her flying husband anymore, started holding these thoughts: ...

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	quiēns			queuntēs	queuntia
Genitive	queuntis			queuntium
Dative	queuntī			queuntibus
Accusative	queuntem	quiēns		queuntēs queuntīs	queuntia
Ablative	queunte queuntī1			queuntibus
Vocative	quiēns			queuntēs	queuntia

¹When used purely as an adjective.