natans

See also: Natans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of natō (“to swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.tãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.tans]

Participle

natāns (genitive natantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. swimming; floating

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	natāns			natantēs	natantia
genitive	natantis			natantium
dative	natantī			natantibus
accusative	natantem	natāns		natantēs natantīs	natantia
ablative	natante natantī1			natantibus
vocative	natāns			natantēs	natantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

• “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “natans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.