pungens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of pungō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpʊŋ.ɡẽːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpun̠ʲ.d͡ʒens]

Participle

pungēns (genitive pungentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. pricking, puncturing, stinging

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	pungēns			pungentēs	pungentia
genitive	pungentis			pungentium
dative	pungentī			pungentibus
accusative	pungentem	pungēns		pungentēs pungentīs	pungentia
ablative	pungente pungentī1			pungentibus
vocative	pungēns			pungentēs	pungentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Old French: poignant, puignant
  • Middle French: poignant
    • French: poignant
  • → Middle English: poynaunt, poynant, poignaunt
    • English: poignant
• Iberian:
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pungente
    • Portuguese: pungente
    • Galician: punxente
  • Old Spanish: puniente, puñente
• Italian: pungente
• Old Occitan:
  • Occitan: ponhent
  • Old Catalan: punyent, puyent
    • Catalan: punyent
• → English: poignant, pungent
• → Spanish: pungente (reborrowing)

Swedish

Noun

pungens

1. definite genitive singular of pung