gaudens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of gaudeō.

Participle

gaudēns (genitive gaudentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. rejoicing
  2. taking pleasure in, delighting, enjoying
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.189–190:
      Haec tum multiplicī populōs sermōne replēbat / gaudēns [...].
      Now [Rumor] was sating the peoples [of Africa] with many a tale, delighting [in it] [...].
      (Fama or Rumor spreads talk of Dido and Aeneas beyond Carthage.)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative gaudēns gaudentēs gaudentia
Genitive gaudentis gaudentium
Dative gaudentī gaudentibus
Accusative gaudentem gaudēns gaudentēs
gaudentīs		 gaudentia
Ablative gaudente
gaudentī1		 gaudentibus
Vocative gaudēns gaudentēs gaudentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References
  • “gaudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “gaudens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • gaudens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • gaudens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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