repens

French

Verb

repens

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of repentir

Anagrams

• pensers

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of rēpō (“creep, crawl”)

Participle

rēpēns (genitive rēpentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. creeping, crawling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	rēpēns			rēpentēs	rēpentia
Genitive	rēpentis			rēpentium
Dative	rēpentī			rēpentibus
Accusative	rēpentem	rēpēns		rēpentēs rēpentīs	rēpentia
Ablative	rēpente rēpentī1			rēpentibus
Vocative	rēpēns			rēpentēs	rēpentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Synonyms

• rēptāns

Descendants

• Catalan: repent
• → English: repent

Etymology 2

Uncertain.

Adjective

repēns (genitive repentis, adverb repente); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sudden, unexpected
2. recent, fresh

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	repēns			repentēs	repentia
Genitive	repentis			repentium
Dative	repentī			repentibus
Accusative	repentem	repēns		repentēs	repentia
Ablative	repentī			repentibus
Vocative	repēns			repentēs	repentia

Derived terms

• repente
• repentinus

Descendants

• Italian: repente
• Portuguese: repente
• Spanish: repente

Adverb

repēns (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of repente

References

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

Swedish

Noun

repens

1. definite genitive plural of rep