paenitens

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Present active participle of paeniteō (“to regret; to displease; to cause regret”).

Pronunciation

Participle

paenitēns (genitive paenitentis, adverb paenitenter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. regretful; repentant; penitent; contrite
  2. regretting or repenting of [with genitive]
  3. having regret concerning [with de (+ ablative)]

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative paenitēns paenitentēs paenitentia
genitive paenitentis paenitentium
dative paenitentī paenitentibus
accusative paenitentem paenitēns paenitentēs
paenitentīs 		paenitentia
ablative paenitente
paenitentī1 		paenitentibus
vocative paenitēns paenitentēs paenitentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

  • → English: penitent

References

  • “paenitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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