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parens
parens
French
Alternative forms
- parents (Contemporary French)
Noun
parens m
- (archaic) plural of parent
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /ˈpa.reːns/
Etymology
From the present participle of the verb pariō (“I bring forth, I give birth to, I produce”)[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpaː.rens/, [ˈpaː.rẽːs]
Noun
parēns m, f (genitive parentis); third declension (irregular)
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | parēns | parentēs |
genitive | parentis | parentum |
dative | parentī | parentibus |
accusative | parentem | parentēs |
ablative | parente | parentibus |
vocative | parēns | parentēs |
Derived terms
Synonyms
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
- IPA(key): /ˈpaː.reːs/
Adjective
pārēns m, f, n (genitive pārentis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
nominative | pārēns | pārentēs | pārentia | ||
genitive | pārentis | pārentium | |||
dative | pārentī | pārentibus | |||
accusative | pārentem | pārēns | pārentēs | pārentia | |
ablative | pārentī | pārentibus | |||
vocative | pārēns | pārentēs | pārentia |
Related terms
References
- parens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PARENS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “parens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to degenerate (from one's ancestors): a parentibus degenerare
- of humble, obscure origin: humilibus (obscuris) parentibus natus
- to degenerate (from one's ancestors): a parentibus degenerare
- ↑ “parent” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).
- ↑ “parente” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, ISBN 978-88-00-20781-2