volens

English

Etymology

From Latin volens (literally “wishing, willing”).

Adjective

volens (not comparable)

1. (law) In the state of mind where one voluntarily accepts a specific risk.

   Coordinate term: sciens

   • 1889, The Law Reports: Appeal cases before the House of Lords and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, also peerage cases, volume 14, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords, page 182:

     A man who unwillingly performs dangerous work because he would otherwise lose his employment is not volens. A man does not act voluntarily unless he acts free from legal or moral compulsion.

See also

• nolens volens

 

Anagrams

• Selvon, sloven, novels, Lovens

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of volō (“I wish”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯o.lens/, [ˈu̯ɔɫ̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lens/, [ˈvɔːlens]

Participle

volēns (genitive volentis, comparative volentior); third-declension one-termination participle

1. wishing
2. willing
3. welcome

Declension

Third-declension participle.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	volēns			volentēs	volentia
genitive	volentis			volentium
dative	volentī			volentibus
accusative	volentem	volēns		volentēs volentīs	volentia
ablative	volente volentī1			volentibus
vocative	volēns			volentēs	volentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

• French: voulant
• Italian: volente

References

• “volens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “volens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• volens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.