natans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of natō (“to swim”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈna.tãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnaː.tans] === Participle === natāns (genitive natantis); third-declension one-termination participle swimming; floating ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “natans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “natans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.