# ens
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɛnz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛnz

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin ēns (“thing”), from esse (“to be”). See entity.

#### Noun

ens (plural enses or entia)
* (philosophy) An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
** 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 41:Forms sphered in fire with trembling light array'd, / Ens without weight, and substance without shade […] .
** 1860, John Henry Macmahon, A treatise on metaphysics: chiefly in reference to revealed religion, page 195:the Nature of the Supreme Ens
* (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.
** 2006, Philip Ball, The Devil's Doctor, Arrow, published 2007, page 245:Here he states that there are five ‘active principles’ – the five Enses or entia – that influence our bodies and give rise to disease […]

##### Derived terms

* ens entium
* ens reale

### Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

#### Noun

ens
* plural of en

### Anagrams

* ESN, NES, SEN, SNe, Sen, Sen., sen

## Catalan
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [əns]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ens]

#### Pronoun

ens (proclitic, enclitic nos, contracted enclitic 'ns)
* us (direct or indirect object)

##### Usage notes

* ens is the reinforced (reforçada) form of the pronoun. It is used before verbs.
    Ens visiten. ― They visit us.

##### Declension

| | strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive |
| singular | | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |
| 1st person | jo, mi$^3$ | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
| 1st person majestic$^1$ | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu |
| 2nd person formal$^1$ | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person very formal$^2$ | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’$^4$ | -la | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person neuter | | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu |
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu |
| plural | | | | | | |
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person formal$^2$ | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu |
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu |
| adverbial | | | | | | |
| ablative/genitive | | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | | | |
| locative | | hi | -hi | | | |
| $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. |

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin ēns (“being”); compare Spanish ente.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈɛns]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈens]

#### Noun

ens m (invariable)
* entity, being
* organization, entity, institution
    ens públic
       public institution

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈens]

#### Noun

ens
* (traditional) plural of en (“the letter N”)

## Danish
### Etymology

From Old Norse eins, from Middle Low German eines.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eːns/, [eːˀns]

### Adjective

ens
* identical
* alike

### Pronoun

ens
* genitive of en

## Latin
### Etymology

Formed as a present participle of sum (“to be”) in Medieval Latin (and therefore unknown in the Classical period) by using the bare present participial ending -ēns of second and third conjugation verbs, as an analogy to the Ancient Greek present participle ὤν (ṓn) which falsely appears to be the same bare suffix but etymologically corresponds to sōns, both from *h₁es- (“to be”). See also essentia for a similar formation.
The original present participle sōns had taken on the meaning "guilty" in the Classical period, but the still productive combining form -sēns present in the verbs absum (absēns (“absent”)) and praesum (praesēns (“present”)) was ignored in creating this form.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ens/, [ẽːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ens/, [ɛns]

### Noun

ēns n (genitive entis); third declension
* (Medieval Latin) being
** 13th c., Boetius of Dacia
    Ens autem aeternum nullum sequitur in duratione; ergo mundus non est aeternus.Nothing follows the Eternal Being (God) in duration; therefore, the world isn't eternal.
* essence
* existence

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

#### Descendants

* Albanian: ent
* Italian: ente
* Portuguese: ente
* Spanish: ente

### Participle

ēns (genitive entis); third-declension one-termination participle
* being

#### Declension

Third-declension participle.
$^1$When used purely as an adjective.

#### Derived terms

* entitās (Medieval Latin)

### References

* “ens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* ens in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* ens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Middle English
### Adverb

ens
* Alternative form of enes

## Middle French
### Etymology

From Old French ens.

### Preposition

ens
* in; inside

## Mòcheno
### Etymology

From Middle High German uns, from Old High German uns, from Proto-Germanic *uns, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé. Cognate with German uns, English us; also Ancient Greek ἡμεῖς (hēmeîs), Sanskrit अस्मान् (asmān), Old Irish ar.

### Pronoun

ens
* accusative of biar: us

### References

* “ens” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* enz

### Etymology

From Latin intus.

### Preposition

ens
* in; inside

#### Synonyms

* dedens

#### Descendants

* Middle French: ens

## Swedish
### Adverb

ens
* even (negatively comparatively as in not even..., did you even [bother to]...)
    Var du ens född då?Were you even born then?

#### Derived terms

* inte ens (“not even...”)

### Noun

ens
* indefinite genitive singular of en
* alignment (cf. ensa, enslinje)

#### Derived terms

* med ens (“at once”)
* enslinje (“transit”)
* ensa

### Pronoun

ens
* genitive of the indefinite pronoun man; one's

#### Declension

| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | Possessive | Possessive | Possessive |
| Number | Person | Type | Nominative | Oblique | common | neuter | plural |
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej$^3$ | min | mitt | mina |
| singular | second | — | du | dig, dej$^3$ | din | ditt | dina |
| singular | third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han$^2$, en$^5$ | hans | hans | hans |
| singular | third | feminine (person) | hon | henne, na$^5$ | hennes | hennes | hennes |
| singular | third | gender-neutral (person)$^1$ | hen | hen, henom$^7$ | hens | hens | hens |
| singular | third | common (noun) | den | den | dess | dess | dess |
| singular | third | neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | dess | dess |
| singular | third | indefinite | man or en$^4$ | en | ens | ens | ens |
| singular | third | reflexive | — | sig, sej$^3$ | sin | sitt | sina |
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran$^2$ | vårt, vårat$^2$ | våra |
| plural | second | — | ni | er | er, eran$^2$, ers$^6$ | ert, erat$^2$ | era |
| plural | second | archaic | I | eder | eder, eders$^6$ | edert | edra |
| plural | third | — | de, dom$^3$ | dem, dom$^3$ | deras | deras | deras |
| plural | third | reflexive | — | sig, sej$^3$ | sin | sitt | sina |

### Anagrams

* sen, sne

## Tarifit
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### Verb

ens (Tifinagh spelling ⴻⵏⵙ)
* (intransitive, transative) to spend the night, to stay overnight (in a place)
* (intransitive, transative) to sleep over

#### Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* Causative: sens (“to lodge”)
* munsu (“to dine”)
** Causative: smunsu (“to invite to dinner”)
** amensi (“dinner”)
* asensi (“first day of a wedding”)
* tamensiwt (“sleepover”)
* amnus (“worry”)