sedens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of sedeō (“[I] sit, [I] am seated”).

Participle

sedēns (genitive sedentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. seating, being seated
2. sitting (upon)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sedēns			sedentēs	sedentia
genitive	sedentis			sedentium
dative	sedentī			sedentibus
accusative	sedentem	sedēns		sedentēs sedentīs	sedentia
ablative	sedente sedentī1			sedentibus
vocative	sedēns			sedentēs	sedentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: sedente

Borrowings:

• → English: sedent
• → Interlingua: sedente
• → Spanish: sedente

Swedish

Noun

sedens

1. definite genitive singular of sed