dolens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of doleō.

Participle

dolēns (genitive dolentis, adverb dolenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. hurting, suffering
2. lamenting, grieving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	dolēns			dolentēs	dolentia
genitive	dolentis			dolentium
dative	dolentī			dolentibus
accusative	dolentem	dolēns		dolentēs dolentīs	dolentia
ablative	dolente dolentī1			dolentibus
vocative	dolēns			dolentēs	dolentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• dolentia

Descendants

• Asturian: doliente
• Catalan: dolent
• Italian: dolente
• Occitan: dolent
• → Old French: dolent
  • → Middle English: dolent
    • English: dolent
  • Middle French: dolent
    • French: dolent
• Old Galician-Portuguese: doente
  • Galician: doente
  • Portuguese: doente
    • Kabuverdianu: duenti
• → Portuguese: dolente
• Sicilian: dulenti
• Spanish: doliente

References

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