vibrans

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Present participle of vibrō.

Participle[edit]

vibrāns (genitive vibrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. shaking, agitating, quivering
  2. brandishing, waving around
  3. flicking, darting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.210–211:
      “Ārdentīsque oculōs suffectī sanguine et ignī,
      sībila lambēbant linguīs vibrantibus ōra.”
      “[The sea serpents:] And having filled their blazing eyes with blood and fire, they were licking their hissing jaws with flicking tongues.” – Aeneas

Declension[edit]

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative vibrāns vibrantēs vibrantia
Genitive vibrantis vibrantium
Dative vibrantī vibrantibus
Accusative vibrantem vibrāns vibrantēs
vibrantīs
vibrantia
Ablative vibrante
vibrantī1
vibrantibus
Vocative vibrāns vibrantēs vibrantia

1When used purely as an adjective.