scribens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of scrībō (“I write”)

Participle

scrībēns (genitive scrībentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. writing
   • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 1.41:

     carmina sēcessum scrībentis et ōtia quaerunt

     Verses require of [their] writing [both] solitude and leisure

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	scrībēns			scrībentēs	scrībentia
genitive	scrībentis			scrībentium
dative	scrībentī			scrībentibus
accusative	scrībentem	scrībēns		scrībentēs scrībentīs	scrībentia
ablative	scrībente scrībentī1			scrībentibus
vocative	scrībēns			scrībentēs	scrībentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.