particeps

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *partikaps. By surface analysis, pars (“part”) +‎ -ceps (“taker”). See participō.

Pronunciation

Adjective

particeps (genitive participis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. sharing, partaking, participant, participating
    Synonym: affīnis
    Antonym: expers
Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative particeps participēs participia
genitive participis participium
dative participī participibus
accusative participem particeps participēs participia
ablative participe participibus
vocative particeps participēs participia

Descendants
  • Italian: partecipe
  • Sicilian: partìcipi
  • Spanish: partícipe
  • Portuguese: partícipe

Etymology 2

Substantivation of the latter adjective.

Noun

particeps m (genitive participis); third declension

  1. a participant, someone who has his share in (something)
Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative particeps participēs
genitive participis participum
dative participī participibus
accusative participem participēs
ablative participe participibus
vocative particeps participēs

References

  • “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • particeps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse
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