adiacens

Latin

Alternative forms

• adjacēns

Etymology

Present active participle of adiaceō (“adjoin”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.i̯a.kens/, [ˈäd̪i̯äkẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈad.ja.t͡ʃens/, [ˈäd̪jät͡ʃens]

Participle

adiacēns (genitive adiacentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring
2. (substantive) adjacent or adjoining area or region

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia
Genitive	adiacentis			adiacentium
Dative	adiacentī			adiacentibus
Accusative	adiacentem	adiacēns		adiacentēs adiacentīs	adiacentia
Ablative	adiacente adiacentī1			adiacentibus
Vocative	adiacēns			adiacentēs	adiacentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Padanian:
  • Piedmontese: àsia
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: aise
    • Anglo-Norman: ese
      • → Middle English: ese
        • English: ease
    • French: aise ⇒ aisance
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Occitan: aize
    • → Galician: azo
    • → Italian: agio
    • → Portuguese: azo
    • ⇒ aizina
      • → Old Catalan: asina, aïna
        • Catalan: eina; aïna (Occidental)
      • Occitan: aisina
• Borrowings:
  • → Catalan: adjacent
  • → English: adjacent
  • → French: adjacent
  • → Italian: adiacente
  • → Portuguese: adjacente
  • → Romanian: adiacent
  • → Spanish: adyacente