oscitans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of ōscitō

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoːs.kɪ.tãːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔʃ.ʃi.tans]

Participle

ōscitāns (genitive ōscitantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. gaping, yawning
2. opening, unclosing

Adjective

ōscitāns (genitive ōscitantis, adverb ōscitanter); third-declension participle

1. listless, sluggish, sleepy

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	ōscitāns			ōscitantēs	ōscitantia
genitive	ōscitantis			ōscitantium
dative	ōscitantī			ōscitantibus
accusative	ōscitantem	ōscitāns		ōscitantēs ōscitantīs	ōscitantia
ablative	ōscitante ōscitantī1			ōscitantibus
vocative	ōscitāns			ōscitantēs	ōscitantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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