LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

latēns

latēns (genitive latentis, comparative latentior, superlative latentissimus)
Classical[ˈɫa.tẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlaː.tens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationinvisible, hidden, latent, concealed, mysterious
    in latentīsecretly, stealthily

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelatēnslatēnslatēns
genitivelatentislatentislatentis
dativelatentīlatentīlatentī
accusativelatentemlatentemlatēns
ablativelatente
latentī
latente
latentī
latente
latentī
vocativelatēnslatēnslatēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativelatentēslatentēslatentia
genitivelatentiumlatentiumlatentium
dativelatentibuslatentibuslatentibus
accusativelatentēs
latentīs
latentēs
latentīs
latentia
ablativelatentibuslatentibuslatentibus
vocativelatentēslatentēslatentia

lătens, entis, Part. and P. a., from lateo.

Origins

Descendants
  • Italianlatente
  • Spanishlatente
  • Portugueselatente
  • Frenchlatent
  • Englishlatent
  • Germanlatent
  • Sicilianlatenti
  • Danishlatentfrom German latent
  • Russianлатентныйfrom German latent

In English words that came into English from latēns

  • latentlatēns

Quick answers

What does latēns mean in Latin?
latēns, a adjective, means “invisible, hidden, latent, concealed, mysterious”.
How do you pronounce latēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫa.tẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlaː.tens].