jactans

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of jactō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈi̯ak.tans/, [ˈi̯äkt̪ä̃ːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈjak.tans/, [ˈjäkt̪äns]

Participle

jactāns (genitive jactantis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. Alternative form of iactans

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	jactāns			jactantēs	jactantia
Genitive	jactantis			jactantium
Dative	jactantī			jactantibus
Accusative	jactantem	jactāns		jactantēs jactantīs	jactantia
Ablative	jactante jactantī1			jactantibus
Vocative	jactāns			jactantēs	jactantia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Adjective

jactāns (genitive jactantis, adverb jactanter); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Alternative form of iactans

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	jactāns			jactantēs	jactantia
Genitive	jactantis			jactantium
Dative	jactantī			jactantibus
Accusative	jactantem	jactāns		jactantēs	jactantia
Ablative	jactantī			jactantibus
Vocative	jactāns			jactantēs	jactantia

Derived terms

• jactanter

References

• “jactans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• jactans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.