legens

See also: Legens

Danish

Noun

legens c

1. definite genitive singular of leg

Latin

Etymology

From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select, read”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒens]

Noun

legēns m (genitive legentis); third declension

1. A reader.

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	legēns	legentēs
genitive	legentis	legentium
dative	legentī	legentibus
accusative	legentem	legentēs legentīs
ablative	legente	legentibus
vocative	legēns	legentēs

Related terms

• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctor

Participle

legēns (genitive legentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. choosing, selecting, appointing.
2. collecting, gathering, bringing together.
3. taking, stealing.
4. traversing, passing through.
5. reading (aloud), reciting.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	legēns			legentēs	legentia
genitive	legentis			legentium
dative	legentī			legentibus
accusative	legentem	legēns		legentēs legentīs	legentia
ablative	legente legentī1			legentibus
vocative	legēns			legentēs	legentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “legens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “legens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
    
  • to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre