LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

legēns1

legēns (genitive legentis)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.ɡẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.d͡ʒens]

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticiplechoosing, selecting, appointing.
  2. one terminationparticiplecollecting, gathering, bringing together.
  3. one terminationparticipletaking, stealing.
  4. one terminationparticipletraversing, passing through.
  5. one terminationparticiplereading (aloud), reciting.

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

legentes, ii qui legunt
the reader.
languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre
to weary, bore the reader.

Origins

From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select, read”).

noun · masculinethird declension
legēns2
legēns m (genitive legentis)
Classical[ˈɫɛ.ɡẽːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.d͡ʒens]

Meaning

  1. A reader.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelegēnslegentēs
genitivelegentislegentium
dativelegentīlegentibus
accusativelegentemlegentēs
legentīs
ablativelegentelegentibus
vocativelegēnslegentēs

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

legēns entis, m
P. of 2 lego, a reader , L., O.

Origins

From the present active participle of legō (“pick out, select, read”).

Quick answers

What does legēns mean in Latin?
legēns, a verb, means “choosing, selecting, appointing.; collecting, gathering, bringing together.; taking, stealing.”.
What are the principal parts of legēns?
legēns, legentis (third-declension one-termination participle).
How do you pronounce legēns?
In classical Latin, [ˈɫɛ.ɡẽːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒens].