cluens
Latin
Etymology
Present participle of cluō, clueō, “one who hears, in relation to his protector (patronus)”. Others prefer a derivation from rare clinō (“bend, incline”), ultimately from the same root *ḱel- (“to cover”).
Participle
cluēns (genitive cluentis); third-declension one-termination participle
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Declension
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cluēns | cluentēs | cluentia | ||
| Genitive | cluentis | cluentium | |||
| Dative | cluentī | cluentibus | |||
| Accusative | cluentem | cluēns | cluentēs cluentīs |
cluentia | |
| Ablative | cluente cluentī1 |
cluentibus | |||
| Vocative | cluēns | cluentēs | cluentia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
References
- “cluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press