dicens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of dīcō (“say”)

Participle

dīcēns (genitive dīcentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. saying, uttering, mentioning, speaking, talking
2. declaring, stating
   1. affirming, asserting (positively)
3. telling
4. calling, naming
5. referring to

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dīcēns			dīcentēs	dīcentia
genitive	dīcentis			dīcentium
dative	dīcentī			dīcentibus
accusative	dīcentem	dīcēns		dīcentēs dīcentīs	dīcentia
ablative	dīcente dīcentī1			dīcentibus
vocative	dīcēns			dīcentēs	dīcentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “dicens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to interrupt: interpellare aliquem (dicentem)