differens, differentis (gen.), differentior -or -us, differentissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
different; superior; excellent;
Inflections
positive
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | — | differentia |
| Acc. | differens | differentia |
| Voc. | — | differentia |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | differentius | differentiora |
| Gen. | differentioris | — |
| Acc. | differentius | differentiora |
| Voc. | differentius | differentiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | differentissimus | differentissimi |
| Gen. | differentissimi | differentissimorum |
| Dat. | differentissimo | — |
| Acc. | differentissimum | differentissimos |
| Voc. | differentissime | differentissimi |
| Abl. | differentissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | differentissima | differentissimae |
| Gen. | differentissimae | differentissimarum |
| Dat. | differentissimae | — |
| Acc. | differentissimam | differentissimas |
| Voc. | differentissima | differentissimae |
| Abl. | differentissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | differentissimum | differentissima |
| Gen. | differentissimi | differentissimorum |
| Dat. | differentissimo | — |
| Acc. | differentissimum | differentissima |
| Voc. | differentissimum | differentissima |
| Abl. | differentissimo | — |
Examples
- A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...proprium genus tubae, qua canerent, a ceterorum tubicinum differens. III. Quam ob causam L. Accius poeta in pragmaticis..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...gestandus umeris lubricus nostris uenit aut membra celeri differens cursu rota, aut poena Tityi qui specu uasto patens..." - M
Liber VII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...maxime utar exemplo), genus est animal, species mortale, differens inrationale (nam et homo mortale erat), proprium hinniens. Haec..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...infinita, inest coniectura consequentium non multum a divinatione differens, inest moderator cupiditatis pudor, inest ad humanam societatem iustitiae..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...misceres, nihil a ceteris, nisi robore ac praestantia differens; quum libero Marte nunc cominus tela vibrares, nunc vibrata..."