silens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of sileō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsɪ.ɫẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.lens]

Participle

silēns (genitive silentis, adverb silenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. resting, ceasing, remaining silent

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	silēns			silentēs	silentia
genitive	silentis			silentium
dative	silentī			silentibus
accusative	silentem	silēns		silentēs silentīs	silentia
ablative	silente silentī1			silentibus
vocative	silēns			silentēs	silentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• silentium

Descendants

• Catalan: silent
• English: silent
• Italian: silente
• Portuguese: silente
• Spanish: silente

References

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

Middle English

Noun

silens

1. alternative form of silence

Swedish

Noun

silens

1. definite genitive singular of sil

Anagrams

• Lisens