colens

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of colō (“cultivate”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.ɫẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔː.lens] === Participle === colēns (genitive colentis); third-declension one-termination participle honouring, treating respectfully tilling, cultivating protecting, nurturing inhabiting ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === See also === cōlāns === References === “colens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers