deferens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dēferō (“carry, remove”)

Participle

dēferēns (genitive dēferentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. carrying, bearing away
  2. diverting, driving off
  3. reporting, indicting, accusing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative dēferēns dēferentēs dēferentia
genitive dēferentis dēferentium
dative dēferentī dēferentibus
accusative dēferentem dēferēns dēferentēs
dēferentīs 		dēferentia
ablative dēferente
dēferentī1 		dēferentibus
vocative dēferēns dēferentēs dēferentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: deferent
  • French: déférent
  • Galician: deferente
  • Italian: deferente
  • Occitan: deferent
  • Portuguese: deferente
  • Romanian: deferent
  • Spanish: deferente
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