cernens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of cernō (“discern”).

Participle

cernēns (genitive cernentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. separating, sifting
2. distinguishing, discerning, seeing
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.408:

     Quis tibi tum, Dīdō, cernentī tālia sēnsūs?

     What were your feelings then, Dido, upon seeing such [things]?

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	cernēns			cernentēs	cernentia
genitive	cernentis			cernentium
dative	cernentī			cernentibus
accusative	cernentem	cernēns		cernentēs cernentīs	cernentia
ablative	cernente cernentī1			cernentibus
vocative	cernēns			cernentēs	cernentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.