particeps

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *partikaps. By surface analysis, pars (“part”) ‎ -ceps (“taker”). See participō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti.keps/, [ˈpärt̪ɪkɛps̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpar.ti.t͡ʃeps/, [ˈpärt̪it͡ʃeps]

Adjective

particeps (genitive participis); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. sharing, partaking, participant, participating

   Synonym: affīnis

   Antonym: expers

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	particeps			participēs	participia
genitive	participis			participium
dative	participī			participibus
accusative	participem	particeps		participēs	participia
ablative	participe			participibus
vocative	particeps			participēs	participia

Descendants

• Italian: partecipe
• Sicilian: partìcipi
• Spanish: partícipe
• Portuguese: partícipe

Etymology 2

Substantivation of the latter adjective.

Noun

particeps m (genitive participis); third declension

1. a participant, someone who has his share in (something)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	particeps	participēs
genitive	participis	participum
dative	participī	participibus
accusative	participem	participēs
ablative	participe	participibus
vocative	particeps	participēs

References

• “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “particeps”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• particeps in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be endowed with reason: rationis participem (opp. expertem) esse