differens

See also: différens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of differō.

Participle

differēns (genitive differentis, comparative differentior); third-declension one-termination participle

1. spreading, scattering, dispersing, separating
2. differing, different

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	differēns			differentēs	differentia
Genitive	differentis			differentium
Dative	differentī			differentibus
Accusative	differentem	differēns		differentēs differentīs	differentia
Ablative	differente differentī1			differentibus
Vocative	differēns			differentēs	differentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Asturian: diferente
• Catalan: diferent
• French: différent
• Galician: diferente
• Italian: differente
• Ladino: diferente
• Occitan: diferent
• Portuguese: diferente
• Spanish: diferente

References

• “differens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• differens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Middle English

Noun

differens

1. Alternative form of difference

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Swedish

Noun

differens c

1. (arithmetic) a difference (result of a subtraction)

   Synonym: skillnad

Declension

Declension of differens
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	differens	differensen	differenser	differenserna
Genitive	differens	differensens	differensers	differensernas

Related terms

• differentiell
• differentiera