currens

See also: Currens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of currō (“I run”).

Participle

currēns (genitive currentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. running
2. hurrying, hastening, speeding
3. moving, travelling, proceeding
4. travelling through, traversing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	currēns			currentēs	currentia
Genitive	currentis			currentium
Dative	currentī			currentibus
Accusative	currentem	currēns		currentēs currentīs	currentia
Ablative	currente currentī1			currentibus
Vocative	currēns			currentēs	currentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• currentia

Descendants

• Catalan: corrent
• English: current, currency
• French: courant
• Italian: corrente

• Portuguese: corrente
• Romanian: curent
• Spanish: corriente

References

• currens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • an easy, fluent style: expedita et facile currens oratio