volens

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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

• 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.