repugnans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of repugnō.

Participle

repugnāns (genitive repugnantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. opposing
  2. resisting, defending
  3. repugning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative repugnāns repugnantēs repugnantia
genitive repugnantis repugnantium
dative repugnantī repugnantibus
accusative repugnantem repugnāns repugnantēs
repugnantīs
repugnantia
ablative repugnante
repugnantī1
repugnantibus
vocative repugnāns repugnantēs repugnantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • Catalan: repugnant
  • English: repugnant
  • French: répugnant
  • Italian: ripugnante
  • Portuguese: repugnante
  • Romanian: repugnant
  • Spanish: repugnante

References

  • repugnans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • repugnans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • repugnans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain: adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)