orans

See also: órans

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin

Noun

orans (plural orantes)

1. (art) A figure in an attitude of prayer, usually standing, with the elbows close to the sides of the body and with the hands outstretched sideways, palms up.

Anagrams

• Rasŏn, SONAR, arson, roans, saron, sonar, sorna

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ōrō (“speak, orate”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoː.rans/, [ˈoːrä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈo.rans/, [ˈɔːräns]

Participle

ōrāns (genitive ōrantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. speaking, orating
2. pleading, begging
3. praying, entreating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	ōrāns			ōrantēs	ōrantia
Genitive	ōrantis			ōrantium
Dative	ōrantī			ōrantibus
Accusative	ōrantem	ōrāns		ōrantēs ōrantīs	ōrantia
Ablative	ōrante ōrantī1			ōrantibus
Vocative	ōrāns			ōrantēs	ōrantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Noun

ōrāns m (genitive ōrantis); third declension

1. an orator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ōrāns	ōrantēs
Genitive	ōrantis	ōrantum
Dative	ōrantī	ōrantibus
Accusative	ōrantem	ōrantēs
Ablative	ōrante	ōrantibus
Vocative	ōrāns	ōrantēs