nitens

Latin

Etymology 1

Present active participle of niteō (“shine, glitter; thrive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈnɪt̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ens]

Participle

nitēns (genitive nitentis, adverb nitenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. shining, glittering, bright

   Synonym: fulgēns

2. sleek, fat
3. thriving; illustrious

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nitēns			nitentēs	nitentia
Genitive	nitentis			nitentium
Dative	nitentī			nitentibus
Accusative	nitentem	nitēns		nitentēs nitentīs	nitentia
Ablative	nitente nitentī1			nitentibus
Vocative	nitēns			nitentēs	nitentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• → English: nitent

Etymology 2

Present active participle of nītor (“strain, struggle”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈniː.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈni.tens/, [ˈniːt̪ens]

Participle

nītēns (genitive nītentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. straining, struggling

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	nītēns			nītentēs	nītentia
Genitive	nītentis			nītentium
Dative	nītentī			nītentibus
Accusative	nītentem	nītēns		nītentēs nītentīs	nītentia
Ablative	nītente nītentī1			nītentibus
Vocative	nītēns			nītentēs	nītentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

References

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

Swedish

Noun

nitens

1. definite genitive singular of nit

Anagrams

• sinnet, tennis