scribens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of scrībō (“I write”)

Participle

scrībēns (genitive scrībentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. writing
    • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.41:
      carmina sēcessum scrībentis et ōtia quaerunt
      Verses require of [their] writing [both] solitude and leisure

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative scrībēns scrībentēs scrībentia
Genitive scrībentis scrībentium
Dative scrībentī scrībentibus
Accusative scrībentem scrībēns scrībentēs
scrībentīs		 scrībentia
Ablative scrībente
scrībentī1		 scrībentibus
Vocative scrībēns scrībentēs scrībentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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