colens

See also: Colens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of colō (“cultivate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.lens]

Participle

colēns (genitive colentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. honouring, treating respectfully
2. tilling, cultivating
3. protecting, nurturing
4. inhabiting

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	colēns			colentēs	colentia
genitive	colentis			colentium
dative	colentī			colentibus
accusative	colentem	colēns		colentēs colentīs	colentia
ablative	colente colentī1			colentibus
vocative	colēns			colentēs	colentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

See also

• cōlāns

References

• “colens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers