nitens

== Latin == === Etymology 1 === Present active participle of niteō (“shine, glitter; thrive”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnɪ.tẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.tens] ==== Participle ==== nitēns (genitive nitentis, adverb nitenter); third-declension one-termination participle shining, glittering, bright Synonym: fulgēns sleek, fat thriving; illustrious ===== Declension ===== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ===== Descendants ===== → English: nitent === Etymology 2 === Present active participle of nītor (“strain, struggle”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈniː.tẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈniː.tens] ==== Participle ==== nītēns (genitive nītentis); third-declension one-termination participle straining, struggling ===== Declension ===== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. === References === “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nitens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “nitens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Swedish == === Noun === nitens definite genitive singular of nit === Anagrams === sinnet, tennis