cluens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of cluō, clueō, “one who hears, in relation to his protector (patronus)”. Others prefer a derivation from rare clinō, “bend, incline”, ultimately from the same root *ḱel- (“to incline”). === Participle === cluēns (genitive cluentis); third-declension one-termination participle This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “cluens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press