LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird-declension one-termination participle

rancēns

rancēns (genitive rancentis)

Meaning

  1. one terminationparticiplerancid, stinking, putrid

rancens, entis, Part.,
I. stinking, putrid, rancid (ante- and post-class.), Lucr. 3, 719: axungia, Ser. Samm. 978.

Origins

In terms of form, a present participle of ranceō (however, this verb's finite forms are very rare and are only attested later than the participle/adjective form).

Quick answers

What does rancēns mean in Latin?
rancēns, a verb, means “rancid, stinking, putrid”.
What are the principal parts of rancēns?
rancēns, rancentis (third-declension one-termination participle).