LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivethird-declension one-termination adjective

pestilēns1

pestilēns (genitive pestilentis)

Meaning

  1. one terminationpestilential, infected, unhealthy
    Pestilentī dēsertā regiōne vēlōciōrī sē fugā prōripiunt.
  2. one terminationnoxious, destructive, pestilent

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepestilēnspestilēnspestilēns
genitivepestilentispestilentispestilentis
dativepestilentīpestilentīpestilentī
accusativepestilentempestilentempestilēns
ablativepestilentī
pestilente		pestilentī
pestilente		pestilentī
pestilente
vocativepestilēnspestilēnspestilēns
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativepestilentēspestilentēspestilentia
genitivepestilentiumpestilentiumpestilentium
dativepestilentibuspestilentibuspestilentibus
accusativepestilentīs
pestilentēs		pestilentīs
pestilentēs		pestilentia
ablativepestilentibuspestilentibuspestilentibus
vocativepestilentēspestilentēspestilentia

pestĭlens, entis, adj. pestis,
I. pestilential, infected, unhealthy, unwholesome (class.).
I. Lit.: loci (opp. salubres), Cic. Fat. 4, 7: pestilens et gravis aspiratio, id. Div. 1, 57, 130: Africus, Hor. C. 3, 23, 5: aedes, Cic. Off. 3, 13, 54.—With dat.: annus urbi, Liv. 3, 6: aestas animalibus, id. 5, 16. —Comp.: fundus pestilentior, Varr. R. R. 1, 4: annus, Liv. 4, 21.—Sup.: gravissimus et pestilentissimus annus, Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 4. —
II. Trop., pestilent, noxious, destructive (class.): homo pestilentior patriā suā, Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 1: pestilens collegae munus esse, Liv. 2, 71: invidia, Sen. Hippol. 489. —Subst.: pestĭlens, entis, m., a pestilent fellow, Vulg. 1 Macc. 15, 3.

Origins

Probably a back-formation from pestilentus, from pestis (“disease, plague; pest; destruction”).

Descendants
  • Catalanpestilent
  • Italianpestilente
  • Portuguesepestilente
  • Spanishpestilente

In English words that came into English from pestilēns

  • pestilencepestilentia
  • pestilentpestilēns
noun · masculinethird declension
pestilēns2
pestilēns m (genitive pestilentis)

Meaning

  1. a pestilent or noxious man

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativepestilēnspestilentēs
genitivepestilentispestilentum
dativepestilentīpestilentibus
accusativepestilentempestilentēs
ablativepestilentepestilentibus
vocativepestilēnspestilentēs

Origins

From pestilēns (“noxious, pestilent”).

Quick answers

What does pestilēns mean in Latin?
pestilēns, a adjective, means “pestilential, infected, unhealthy; noxious, destructive, pestilent”.