viridans

== Latin == === Etymology === Present participle of viridō. === Participle === viridāns (genitive viridantis); third-declension one-termination participle greening verdant ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Declension ==== → Italian: viridante, verdante (semi-learned) === References === “viridans”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers