cedens

Present active participle of cēdō (“withdraw, yield”).

cēdēns (genitive cēdentis); third-declension one-termination participle

1. going, moving, proceeding, going along, moving along
2. resulting, turning out, happening
3. withdrawing, departing, retiring, going away from
   1. (military) withdrawing, falling back, giving up one's post
4. disappearing, passing away, vanishing
5. ceding, giving in or yielding (to), stepping aside (for), giving way (to)
   1. being inferior (to), yielding (to) in rank
6. conceding, giving up, granting, surrendering, yielding
7. falling (to) (as a possession); accruing or coming (to)
8. becoming, turning into, becoming the equivalent of

Third-declension participle.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• cedens 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)