valens

See also: Valens

Danish

Noun

valens c (singular definite valensen, plural indefinite valenser)

1. valence
2. (graph theory) degree, valency
3. (chemistry) valence, number of (single) bonds an atom will make in stable compounds

   Carbon, hydrogen og oxygen har valenser på hhv. 4, 1 og 2.

4. (grammar) valence, maximal number of arguments

Declension

Declension of valens

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	valens	valensen	valenser	valenserne
genitive	valens'	valensens	valensers	valensernes

References

• “valens” in Den Danske Ordbog

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of valeō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.lens/, [ˈu̯äɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.lens/, [ˈväːlens]

Participle

valēns (genitive valentis, comparative valentior, superlative valentissimus, adverb valenter); third-declension one-termination participle

1. strong, vigorous, healthy

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	valēns			valentēs	valentia
Genitive	valentis			valentium
Dative	valentī			valentibus
Accusative	valentem	valēns		valentēs valentīs	valentia
Ablative	valente valentī1			valentibus
Vocative	valēns			valentēs	valentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• comparative: valentior, superlative: valentissimus

Descendants

• Asturian: valiente
• → English: valent
• Old French: vaillant, vaillaunt, vailaunt, valiaunt, vaylant; vailliant, vailant
  • → English: valiant
  • French: vaillant
• Friulian: valent
• Italian: valente
• Old Occitan: valen
  • Occitan: valent
• Old Galician-Portuguese: valente
  • Galician: valente
  • Portuguese: valente
• Spanish: valiente

References

• “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “valens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• valens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “valens”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “valens”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Swedish

Noun

valens c

1. valence, valency

Declension

Declension of valens
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	valens	valensen	valenser	valenserna
Genitive	valens	valensens	valensers	valensernas

Noun

valens

1. definite genitive singular of val (“whale”)
2. definite genitive plural of val (“election”)

References

• valens in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• valens in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• valens in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• alvens, elvans, lavens, navels, slaven, svalen, valsen