finiens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of fīniō (“finish; limit; appoint”).

Participle

fīniēns m, f, n (genitive fīnientis); third declension

  1. Finishing, terminating.
  2. Appointing, setting.
  3. Limiting, binding.
  4. Restraining.

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative fīniēns fīnientēs fīnientia
Genitive fīnientis fīnientium
Dative fīnientī fīnientibus
Accusative fīnientem fīniēns fīnientēs, fīnientīs fīnientia
Ablative fīniente, fīnientī1 fīnientibus
Vocative fīniēns fīnientēs fīnientia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References
  • finiens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • finiens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • finiens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the horizon: orbis finiens (Div. 2. 44. 92)
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