particeps

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *partikaps. Surface etymology: from pars (“part”) +‎ -ceps (“taker”). See participō.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.ti.keps/, [ˈpärt̪ɪkɛps̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpar.ti.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈpärt̪it͡ʃeps]

Adjective

particeps (genitive participis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. sharing, partaking, participant
    Synonym: affīnis
    Antonym: expers

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative particeps participēs participia
Genitive participis participium
Dative participī participibus
Accusative participem particeps participēs participia
Ablative participī participibus
Vocative particeps participēs participia
  • genitive plural should be participum.

Usually the ablative singular is participe

Descendants
  • Sicilian: partìcipi
  • Spanish: partícipe
  • Portuguese: partícipe

Noun

particeps

  1. participant, participant to

References
  • “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • particeps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse
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