volens

English

Etymology

Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”)

Adjective

volens (not comparable)

1. (law) In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.

   Coordinate term: sciens

   • 1889, The Law Reports: Appeal cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, also peerage cases, volume 14, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 182:

     A man who unwillingly performs dangerous work because he would otherwise lose his employment is not volens. A man does not act voluntarily unless he acts free from legal or moral compulsion.

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of volō (“I wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lens/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lens/, [ˈvɔːlens]

Participle

volēns (genitive volentis, comparative volentior); third-declension one-termination participle

1. wishing
2. willing
3. welcome

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	volēns			volentēs	volentia
Genitive	volentis			volentium
Dative	volentī			volentibus
Accusative	volentem	volēns		volentēs volentīs	volentia
Ablative	volente volentī1			volentibus
Vocative	volēns			volentēs	volentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• French: voulant
• Italian: volente

References

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