sentiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of sentiō (“feel, perceive”)

Participle

sentiēns (genitive sentientis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. feeling, perceiving with the senses
2. perceiving: noticing mentally
   • 63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.6:

     Multōrum tē etiam oculī et aurēs nōn sentientem, sīcut adhūc fēcērunt, speculābuntur atque cūstōdient.

     The eyes and ears of many will also watch and guard you, just as they have done until now, though you do not notice them.

3. having an opinion, feeling emotion

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	sentiēns			sentientēs	sentientia
genitive	sentientis			sentientium
dative	sentientī			sentientibus
accusative	sentientem	sentiēns		sentientēs sentientīs	sentientia
ablative	sentiente sentientī1			sentientibus
vocative	sentiēns			sentientēs	sentientia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Derived terms

• sententia

Descendants

• → English: sentient
• → Italian: senziente