iactans
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Present active participle of iactō (“throw, cast”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈjak.tãːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈjak.t̪ans]
Participle
iactāns (genitive iactantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- throwing, casting, hurling
- scattering, tossing
- (figuratively) disturbing, disquieting
- uttering, speaking, throwing out
- hurling insults, insulting
- boasting, boastful, acting conceitedly
- being officious
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | iactāns | iactantēs | iactantia | ||
| genitive | iactantis | iactantium | |||
| dative | iactantī | iactantibus | |||
| accusative | iactantem | iactāns | iactantēs iactantīs |
iactantia | |
| ablative | iactante iactantī1 |
iactantibus | |||
| vocative | iactāns | iactantēs | iactantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Adjective
iactāns (genitive iactantis, adverb iactanter); third-declension one-termination adjective
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | iactāns | iactantēs | iactantia | ||
| genitive | iactantis | iactantium | |||
| dative | iactantī | iactantibus | |||
| accusative | iactantem | iactāns | iactantēs | iactantia | |
| ablative | iactantī | iactantibus | |||
| vocative | iactāns | iactantēs | iactantia | ||
Derived terms
References
- “iactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers