fingens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of fingō.

Participle

fingēns (genitive fingentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. shaping, fashioning, forming, arranging
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.147–148:
      [...] mollīque fluentem / fronde premit crīnem fingēns atque implicat aurō; [...].
      [Apollo] restrains his flowing hair, arranging it with a tender [laurel] wreath, and entwines it with a golden [diadem]; [...].

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative fingēns fingentēs fingentia
genitive fingentis fingentium
dative fingentī fingentibus
accusative fingentem fingēns fingentēs
fingentīs 		fingentia
ablative fingente
fingentī1 		fingentibus
vocative fingēns fingentēs fingentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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