transiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of trānseō (“traverse, pass over”)

Participle

trānsiēns (genitive trānseuntis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. traversing, crossing
2. going over (to a side or faction)
3. passing over
4. surpassing, exceeding
5. (of time) passing, elapsing
6. (figuratively) ceasing, passing away

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	trānsiēns			trānseuntēs	trānseuntia
Genitive	trānseuntis			trānseuntium
Dative	trānseuntī			trānseuntibus
Accusative	trānseuntem	trānsiēns		trānseuntēs trānseuntīs	trānseuntia
Ablative	trānseunte trānseuntī1			trānseuntibus
Vocative	trānsiēns			trānseuntēs	trānseuntia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• Catalan: transeünt
• English: transient
• Italian: transeunte
  • → Sicilian: trànziunti
• Romanian: tranzient
• Sicilian: trasenti
• Spanish: transeúnte