volens

English

Etymology

Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”)

Adjective

volens (not comparable)

  1. (law) In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.
    Coordinate term: sciens
    • 1889, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, The Law Reports: Appeal cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, also peerage cases (volume 14, page 182)
      A man who unwillingly performs dangerous work because he would otherwise lose his employment is not volens. A man does not act voluntarily unless he acts free from legal or moral compulsion.

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of volō (“I wish”).

Pronunciation

Participle

volēns (genitive volentis, comparative volentior); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. wishing
  2. willing
  3. welcome

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative volēns volentēs volentia
Genitive volentis volentium
Dative volentī volentibus
Accusative volentem volēns volentēs
volentīs		 volentia
Ablative volente
volentī1		 volentibus
Vocative volēns volentēs volentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants
  • French: voulant
  • Italian: volente

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