volens

== English == === Etymology === From Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”). === Adjective === volens (not comparable) (law) In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk. Coordinate term: sciens === See also === === Anagrams === Selvon, sloven, novels, Lovens == Latin == === Etymology === Present active participle of volō (“to wish”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwɔ.ɫẽːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvɔː.lens] === Participle === volēns (genitive volentis, comparative volentior); third-declension one-termination participle wishing, desiring willing welcoming ==== Declension ==== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ==== Descendants ==== French: voulant Italian: volente === References === “volens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “volens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “volens”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.