currens

See also: Currens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of currō (“I run”).

Participle

currēns (genitive currentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. running
  2. hurrying, hastening, speeding
  3. moving, travelling, proceeding
  4. travelling through, traversing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative currēns currentēs currentia
genitive currentis currentium
dative currentī currentibus
accusative currentem currēns currentēs
currentīs 		currentia
ablative currente
currentī1 		currentibus
vocative currēns currentēs currentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: corrent
  • English: current, currency
  • French: courant
  • Galician: corrente
  • Italian: corrente
  • Portuguese: corrente
  • Romanian: curent
  • Spanish: corriente

References

  • currens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • an easy, fluent style: expedita et facile currens oratio
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