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tenens
tenens
Latin
Participle
tenēns m, f, n (genitive tenentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | tenēns | tenentēs | tenentia | ||
| genitive | tenentis | tenentium | |||
| dative | tenentī | tenentibus | |||
| accusative | tenentem | tenēns | tenentēs | tenentia | |
| ablative | tenente, tenentī1 | tenentibus | |||
| vocative | tenēns | tenentēs | tenentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Descendants
- Spanish: teniente
References
- TENENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)