cedens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of cēdō (“withdraw, yield”).

Participle

cēdēns (genitive cēdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. going, moving, proceeding, going along, moving along
2. resulting, turning out, happening
3. withdrawing, departing, retiring, going away from
   1. (military) withdrawing, falling back, giving up one's post
4. disappearing, passing away, vanishing
5. ceding, giving in or yielding (to), stepping aside (for), giving way (to)
   1. being inferior (to), yielding (to) in rank
6. conceding, giving up, granting, surrendering, yielding
7. falling (to) (as a possession); accruing or coming (to)
8. becoming, turning into, becoming the equivalent of

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cēdēns			cēdentēs	cēdentia
genitive	cēdentis			cēdentium
dative	cēdentī			cēdentibus
accusative	cēdentem	cēdēns		cēdentēs cēdentīs	cēdentia
ablative	cēdente cēdentī1			cēdentibus
vocative	cēdēns			cēdentēs	cēdentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• "cedens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)