LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

cadēns

cadēns (genitive cadentis)
Classical[ˈka.dẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.dens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticiplefalling
  2. one terminationparticipleof sun, moon, stars: setting
    Post, ubi dīgressī, lūmenque obscūra vicissim lūna premit suādentque cadentia sīdera somnōs, [...]. Afterward, when [all the guests] have departed, and a dim moon in turn hides her light, and the setting stars induce sleep, …. (Cf. Aeneid 2.9.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.80-81

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱad-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱádeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kadō
  4. Latincadēns

Latin cadens Present active participle of cadō (“fall”)

Descendants
  • Englishcadent
  • Italiancadente
  • Portuguesecadente
  • Spanishcadente
  • Spanishcayente
  • Old Frenchcheant

In English words that came into English from cadēns

  • chance*cadentia
  • cadence*cadentia
  • cadenzacadentia
  • cadentcadēns
  • cadency*cadentia

Quick answers

What does cadēns mean in Latin?
cadēns, a verb, means “falling; of sun, moon, stars: setting”.
What are the principal parts of cadēns?
cadēns, cadentis (third-declension one-termination participle).
How do you pronounce cadēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈka.dẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkaː.dens].
Where does cadēns come from?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- → Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti → Proto-Italic *kadō → Latin cadēns.
Which English words come from cadēns?
English words that go back to Latin cadēns include cadent, chance, cadence, cadenza and cadency.