debens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēbeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdeː.bens/, [ˈd̪eːbẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈde.bens/, [ˈd̪ɛːbens]

Participle

dēbēns (genitive dēbentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. owing; being obliged

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	dēbēns			dēbentēs	dēbentia
Genitive	dēbentis			dēbentium
Dative	dēbentī			dēbentibus
Accusative	dēbentem	dēbēns		dēbentēs dēbentīs	dēbentia
Ablative	dēbente dēbentī1			dēbentibus
Vocative	dēbēns			dēbentēs	dēbentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “debens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers