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opinans

opinans

Latin

Participle

opīnāns m, f, n (genitive opīnantis); third declension

  1. supposing, imagining

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
nominative opīnāns opīnantēs opīnantia
genitive opīnantis opīnantium
dative opīnantī opīnantibus
accusative opīnantem opīnāns opīnantēs opīnantia
ablative opīnante, opīnantī1 opīnantibus
vocative opīnāns opīnantēs opīnantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References

  • opinans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Félix Gaffiot (1934), “opinans”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a thing has happened contrary to my expectation: aliquid mihi nec opinanti, insperanti accidit