tabescens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of tābēscō.

Participle

tābēscēns (genitive tābēscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. melting, dissolving
2. dwindling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	tābēscēns			tābēscentēs	tābēscentia
Genitive	tābēscentis			tābēscentium
Dative	tābēscentī			tābēscentibus
Accusative	tābēscentem	tābēscēns		tābēscentēs tābēscentīs	tābēscentia
Ablative	tābēscente tābēscentī1			tābēscentibus
Vocative	tābēscēns			tābēscentēs	tābēscentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• tābescentia

Descendants

• English: tabescent
• Portuguese: tabescente

References

• “tabescens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press