nitens
Latin
Etymology 1
Present active participle of niteō (“shine, glitter; thrive”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.tẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.t̪ens]
Participle
nitēns (genitive nitentis, adverb nitenter); third-declension one-termination participle
- shining, glittering, bright
- Synonym: fulgēns
- sleek, fat
- thriving; illustrious
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
| genitive | nitentis | nitentium | |||
| dative | nitentī | nitentibus | |||
| accusative | nitentem | nitēns | nitentēs nitentīs |
nitentia | |
| ablative | nitente nitentī1 |
nitentibus | |||
| vocative | nitēns | nitentēs | nitentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- → English: nitent
Etymology 2
Present active participle of nītor (“strain, struggle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.tẽːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.t̪ens]
Participle
nītēns (genitive nītentis); third-declension one-termination participle
Declension
Third-declension participle.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | nītēns | nītentēs | nītentia | ||
| genitive | nītentis | nītentium | |||
| dative | nītentī | nītentibus | |||
| accusative | nītentem | nītēns | nītentēs nītentīs |
nītentia | |
| ablative | nītente nītentī1 |
nītentibus | |||
| vocative | nītēns | nītentēs | nītentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nitens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Swedish
Noun
nitens
- definite genitive singular of nit