macerans

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Present active participle of mācerō (soften, make weak)

Participle[edit]

mācerāns (genitive mācerantis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. softening, making tender by soaking or steeping.
  2. weakening, wasting away.
  3. (figuratively) vexing, tormenting, stressing.

Declension[edit]

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative mācerāns mācerantēs mācerantia
Genitive mācerantis mācerantium
Dative mācerantī mācerantibus
Accusative mācerantem mācerāns mācerantēs
mācerantīs
mācerantia
Ablative mācerante
mācerantī1
mācerantibus
Vocative mācerāns mācerantēs mācerantia

1When used purely as an adjective.