animans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of animō. === Participle === animāns (genitive animantis); third-declension one-termination participle animating animate, living reviving inspiring inciting encouraging === Noun === animans A living thing or creature, an animal (as opposed to plants; as opposed to a man) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “animans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “animans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “animans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.