nascens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of nāscor (“I am born”).

Participle

nāscēns (genitive nāscentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. being born, begotten.
  2. arising, emerging, proceeding.
  3. growing, springing forth.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative nāscēns nāscentēs nāscentia
genitive nāscentis nāscentium
dative nāscentī nāscentibus
accusative nāscentem nāscēns nāscentēs
nāscentīs 		nāscentia
ablative nāscente
nāscentī1 		nāscentibus
vocative nāscēns nāscentēs nāscentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Catalan: naixent
  • English: nascent
  • French: naissant
  • Friulian: nassint
  • Galician: nacente
  • Italian: nascente
  • Occitan: naissent
  • Portuguese: nascente
  • Spanish: naciente

References

  • “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nascens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nascens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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