Latin

Participle

audiēns m, f, n ‎(genitive audientis); third declension

1. hearing, listening
2. attending, paying attention to
3. accepting, agreeing, obeying

Inflection

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• audientia

Descendants

• Catalan: oint
• English: audient
• French: oyant
• Portuguese: ouvinte
• Spanish: oyente

References

• audiens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• audiens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make an impression on one's audience: animos audientium permovere, inflammare
    
  • to fill the souls of one's audience with devotion: audientium animos religione perfundere (Liv. 10. 388)
    
  • to obey a person's orders: dicto audientem esse alicui
    
  • (ambiguous) to accept battle: potestatem sui facere (alicui) (cf. sect. XII. 9, note audientia...)
    

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin audientia.

Noun

audiens m ‎(definite singular audiensen, indefinite plural audienser, definite plural audiensene)

1. an audience (with a person in authority)

References

• “audiens” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin audientia.

Noun

audiens m ‎(definite singular audiensen, indefinite plural audiensar, definite plural audiensane)

1. an audience (as above)

References

• “audiens” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.