albens
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of albeō (“to be white”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈal.bens/, [ˈaɫ.bẽːs]
Participle
albēns m, f, n (genitive albentis); third declension
- whitening; white
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.109-110
- Phinea cecidere manu, Cererisque sacerdos Ampycus, albenti velatus tempora vitta.
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Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
| genitive | albentis | albentium | |||
| dative | albentī | albentibus | |||
| accusative | albentem | albēns | albentēs | albentia | |
| ablative | albente, albentī1 | albentibus | |||
| vocative | albēns | albentēs | albentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- albens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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