nocens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of noceō (“harm”).

Participle

nocēns (genitive nocentis, comparative nocentior, superlative nocentissimus); third-declension one-termination participle

1. injuring, doing harm, hurting
2. harmful, hurtful, pernicious
3. bad, wicked, criminal
4. guilty

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nocēns			nocentēs	nocentia
Genitive	nocentis			nocentium
Dative	nocentī			nocentibus
Accusative	nocentem	nocēns		nocentēs nocentīs	nocentia
Ablative	nocente nocentī1			nocentibus
Vocative	nocēns			nocentēs	nocentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• noceō

Descendants

• Italian: nocente

References

• “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nocens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nocens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.