legens

== Danish == === Noun === legens c definite genitive singular of leg == Latin == === Etymology === From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select, read”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒens] === Noun === legēns m (genitive legentis); third declension A reader. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== lēctiō lēctitō lēctor === Participle === legēns (genitive legentis); third-declension one-termination participle choosing, selecting, appointing. collecting, gathering, bringing together. taking, stealing. traversing, passing through. reading (aloud), reciting. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “legens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “legens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.