legens

legens c

1. definite genitive singular of leg

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ɡens/, [ˈɫ̪ɛɡẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.d͡ʒens/, [ˈlɛːd͡ʒens]

legēns m (genitive legentis); third declension

1. A reader.

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• lēctiō
• lēctitō
• lēctor

legēns (genitive legentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. choosing, selecting, appointing.
2. collecting, gathering, bringing together.
3. taking, stealing.
4. traversing, passing through.
5. reading (aloud), reciting.

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• “legens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• legens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the reader: legentes, ii qui legunt
    
  • to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre