cadens

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cadenza or via German Kadenz (itself from Italian), from Latin cadentia. Doublet with kans, sjans and cadans.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːˈdɛns/

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• Hyphenation: ca‧dens
• Rhymes: -ɛns

Noun

cadens f (plural cadensen, diminutive cadensje n)

1. (music) cadence (progression of chords closing a piece or section)
2. (music) cadenza (closing embellishment)

Related terms

• cadans

Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of cadō (“fall”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.dens/, [ˈkäd̪ẽːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.dens/, [ˈkäːd̪ens]

Participle

cadēns (genitive cadentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. falling
2. of sun, moon, stars: setting
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.80-81:

     Post, ubi dīgressī, lūmenque obscūra vicissim
     lūna premit suādentque cadentia sīdera somnōs, [...].

     Afterward, when [all the guests] have departed, and a dim moon in turn hides her light, and the setting stars induce sleep, [...].
     (Cf. Aeneid 2.9.)

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	cadēns			cadentēs	cadentia
Genitive	cadentis			cadentium
Dative	cadentī			cadentibus
Accusative	cadentem	cadēns		cadentēs cadentīs	cadentia
Ablative	cadente cadentī1			cadentibus
Vocative	cadēns			cadentēs	cadentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

Related terms

• *cadentia (Vulgar Latin)
• decadēns
• decadentia

Descendants

• English: cadent (borrowing)
• Italian: cadente
• Old French: cheant
• Portuguese: cadente (borrowing)
• Spanish: cadente (borrowing), cayente