linquens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of linquō.

Participle

linquēns (genitive linquentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. departing, leaving, abandoning, forsaking, quitting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.389–391:
      [...] sēque ex oculīs āvertit et aufert, / linquēns multa metū cūnctantem et multa parantem / dīcere. [...].
      And [Dido] turns away and withdraws from his sight, leaving [Aeneas] very worried, hesitant, and with so much he was wanting to say.

Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative linquēns linquentēs linquentia
genitive linquentis linquentium
dative linquentī linquentibus
accusative linquentem linquēns linquentēs
linquentīs 		linquentia
ablative linquente
linquentī1 		linquentibus
vocative linquēns linquentēs linquentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

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