sequens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of sequor (“I follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kʷens/, [ˈs̠ɛkʷẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.kwens/, [ˈsɛːkwens]

Participle

sequēns (genitive sequentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. following

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	sequēns			sequentēs	sequentia
Genitive	sequentis			sequentium
Dative	sequentī			sequentibus
Accusative	sequentem	sequēns		sequentēs sequentīs	sequentia
Ablative	sequente sequentī1			sequentibus
Vocative	sequēns			sequentēs	sequentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: següent
• English: sequent
• French: suivant (possibly)
• Italian: seguente
• Portuguese: seguinte
• Romanian: secvent
• Spanish: siguiente

References

• “sequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sequens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sequens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • in the following year: insequenti(e) anno (not sequente)