significans
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Present active participle of significō (“point out”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /siɡˈni.fi.kans/, [s̠ɪŋˈnɪfɪkä̃ːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /siɲˈɲi.fi.kans/, [siɲˈɲiːfikäns]
Participle
[edit]significāns (genitive significantis); third-declension one-termination participle
- showing, expressing, signifying, pointing out
- (by extension) significant, meaningful
- (by extension) expressive
- portending, prognosticating
- calling, naming
- meaning, importing
Declension
[edit]Third-declension participle.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | significāns | significantēs | significantia | ||
Genitive | significantis | significantium | |||
Dative | significantī | significantibus | |||
Accusative | significantem | significāns | significantēs significantīs |
significantia | |
Ablative | significante significantī1 |
significantibus | |||
Vocative | significāns | significantēs | significantia |
1When used purely as an adjective.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “significans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- significans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.