paenitens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of paeniteō (“regret; displease, cause regret”).

Participle

paenitēns (genitive paenitentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. regretting, repenting, penitent, contrite

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative paenitēns paenitentēs paenitentia
Genitive paenitentis paenitentium
Dative paenitentī paenitentibus
Accusative paenitentem paenitēns paenitentēs
paenitentīs		 paenitentia
Ablative paenitente
paenitentī1		 paenitentibus
Vocative paenitēns paenitentēs paenitentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants
  • → English: penitent

References
  • “paenitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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