opponens

== English == === Noun === opponens (anatomy) Short for opponens digiti minimi (“a muscle of the hand”). (anatomy) Short for opponens pollicis (“a muscle of the hand”). == Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of oppōnō (“oppose”). === Participle === oppōnēns (genitive oppōnentis); third-declension one-termination participle opposing ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: oponent Galician: opoñente Portuguese: oponente Spanish: oponente === References === "opponens", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)