rorans
See also: rörans
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of rōrō
Participle edit
rōrāns (genitive rōrantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- trickling, dripping, dropping
- 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.141:
- lītore siccābat rōrantēs nūdā capillōs
- Naked on the shore, she was drying her dripping hair
(See Venus (mythology) and Venus Anadyomene (Titian).)
- Naked on the shore, she was drying her dripping hair
- lītore siccābat rōrantēs nūdā capillōs
- sprinkling, drizzling (of rain)
Declension edit
Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | rōrāns | rōrantēs | rōrantia | ||
Genitive | rōrantis | rōrantium | |||
Dative | rōrantī | rōrantibus | |||
Accusative | rōrantem | rōrāns | rōrantēs rōrantīs |
rōrantia | |
Ablative | rōrante rōrantī1 |
rōrantibus | |||
Vocative | rōrāns | rōrantēs | rōrantia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants edit
- → Spanish: rorante