reverens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of revereor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈre.u̯e.rens/, [ˈreu̯ɛrẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ve.rens/, [ˈrɛːverens]

Participle

reverēns (genitive reverentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. respecting
2. respectful, reverent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia
Genitive	reverentis			reverentium
Dative	reverentī			reverentibus
Accusative	reverentem	reverēns		reverentēs reverentīs	reverentia
Ablative	reverente reverentī1			reverentibus
Vocative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

reverēns (genitive reverentis, superlative reverentissimus); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. reverent

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia
Genitive	reverentis			reverentium
Dative	reverentī			reverentibus
Accusative	reverentem	reverēns		reverentēs	reverentia
Ablative	reverentī			reverentibus
Vocative	reverēns			reverentēs	reverentia

Derived terms

• reverentia

Descendants

• Catalan: reverent
• Middle French: révérent
  • → English: reverent
• Italian: riverente
• Portuguese: reverente
• Spanish: reverente

References

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