adiacens

Latin

Alternative forms

adjacēns

Etymology

Present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈad.ja.kẽːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈad̪.ja.t͡ʃens]

Participle

adiacēns (genitive adiacentis); third-declension one-termination participle

adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
(substantive) adjacent or adjoining area or region

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia
genitive	adiacentis			adiacentium
dative	adiacentī			adiacentibus
accusative	adiacentem	adiacēns		adiacentēs adiacentīs	adiacentia
ablative	adiacente adiacentī¹			adiacentibus
vocative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: aggiacente (rare)
Gallo-Italic:
- Piedmontese: àsia
Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: aise
  - Anglo-Norman: ese
    - → Middle English: ese
      - English: ease
  - French: aise, ⇒ aisance
Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Old Occitan: aize
  - → Galician: azo
  - → Italian: agio
  - → Portuguese: azo
  - ⇒ aizina
    - → Old Catalan: asina, aïna
      - Catalan: eina, aïna (Occidental)
    - Occitan: aisina
Borrowings:
- → Catalan: adjacent
- → English: adjacent
- → French: adjacent
- → Italian: adiacente
- → Portuguese: adjacente
- → Romanian: adiacent
- → Spanish: adyacente