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vigilans
vigilans
Latin
Participle
vigilāns m, f, n (genitive vigilantis); third declension
- watching (e.g. through the night)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | ||
| genitive | vigilantis | vigilantium | |||
| dative | vigilantī | vigilantibus | |||
| accusative | vigilantem | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | |
| ablative | vigilante, vigilantī1 | vigilantibus | |||
| vocative | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Adjective
vigilāns m, f, n (genitive vigilantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | ||
| genitive | vigilantis | vigilantium | |||
| dative | vigilantī | vigilantibus | |||
| accusative | vigilantem | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | |
| ablative | vigilantī | vigilantibus | |||
| vocative | vigilāns | vigilantēs | vigilantia | ||
Descendants
- English: vigilant, vigilante (via Spanish)
- French: vigilant
- Italian: vigilante
- Portuguese: vigilante
- Spanish: vigilante
References
- vigilans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vigilans in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vigilans”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.