LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

arcitenēns

arcitenēns (genitive arcitenentis)
Classical[arˈkɪ.tɛ.nẽːs]Ecclesiastical[arˈt͡ʃiː.te.nens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationcarrying a bow, bow-bearing

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī arcum tenet: Apollō
arcitenēns -entis (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 13

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearcitenēnsarcitenēnsarcitenēns
genitivearcitenentisarcitenentisarcitenentis
dativearcitenentīarcitenentīarcitenentī
accusativearcitenentemarcitenentemarcitenēns
ablativearcitenentī
arcitenente		arcitenentī
arcitenente		arcitenentī
arcitenente
vocativearcitenēnsarcitenēnsarcitenēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativearcitenentēsarcitenentēsarcitenentia
genitivearcitenentiumarcitenentiumarcitenentium
dativearcitenentibusarcitenentibusarcitenentibus
accusativearcitenentīs
arcitenentēs		arcitenentīs
arcitenentēs		arcitenentia
ablativearcitenentibusarcitenentibusarcitenentibus
vocativearcitenentēsarcitenentēsarcitenentia

Arcĭ-tĕnens (in MSS. also Arquĭtĕ-nens, like arquus for arcus, quur for cur, etc.), entis, adj. arcus-teneo,
I. carrying a bow, bow-bearing, in imitation of the Gr. Τοζοφόρος.
I. A poet. epithet of Apollo and of Diana; of Apollo, Naev. Bell. Pun. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5 (p. 14 Vahl.); Ov. M. 1, 441 (cf. Hor. C. S. 61: Phoebus fulgente decorus arcu); id. ib. 6, 265: pius Arcitenens, Verg. A. 3, 75 (Apollinem dicit, Serv.): Arquitenens dea, Att. ap. Non. p. 341, 25: Arquitenentes Diana et Apollo, Arn. 1, p. 20.—
II. As a constellation, the Archer, Cic. Arat. Phaen. 405 B. and K.

Origins

arcus (“arch, bow”) + tenēns (“holding”), present participle of teneō (“to hold”). Calque of Ancient Greek τοξοφόρος (toxophóros).

Quick answers

What does arcitenēns mean in Latin?
arcitenēns, a adjective, means “carrying a bow, bow-bearing”.
How do you pronounce arcitenēns?
In classical Latin, [arˈkɪ.tɛ.nẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [arˈt͡ʃiː.te.nens].