tollens

Latin

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Etymology

Present active participle of tollō (“lift up; remove”).

Participle

tollēns (genitive tollentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. raising, lifting up, elevating
2. removing, taking away
3. destroying, abolishing

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	tollēns			tollentēs	tollentia
genitive	tollentis			tollentium
dative	tollentī			tollentibus
accusative	tollentem	tollēns		tollentēs tollentīs	tollentia
ablative	tollente tollentī1			tollentibus
vocative	tollēns			tollentēs	tollentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Italian: togliente