urgens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of urgeō.

Participle

urgēns (genitive urgentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. urging

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	urgēns			urgentēs	urgentia
Genitive	urgentis			urgentium
Dative	urgentī			urgentibus
Accusative	urgentem	urgēns		urgentēs urgentīs	urgentia
Ablative	urgente urgentī1			urgentibus
Vocative	urgēns			urgentēs	urgentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• English: urgent
• Spanish: urgente
• Portuguese: urgente

References

• “urgens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• urgens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.