Participat

Participat is the third-person singular present active indicative form of the Latin verb participare, meaning “he/she/it participates” or “takes part.” In English, it is rendered as “participates.” This form appears in classical Latin texts to indicate an ongoing action in which the subject takes part in an activity or event.

Participare is a first-conjugation verb. Its present active indicative forms are: participo, participas, participat, participamus, participatis, participant. The verb is commonly used with the preposition in or with a noun in the ablative to express participation in an activity, as in Marcus in disputatione participat (Marcus participates in the discussion).

Related forms include the infinitive participare, the noun participatio (participation), and the present active participle participans (participating). The perfect active form is participavi, and the perfect passive participle is participatus. The root participates, via the noun formation participation, in many Romance-language derivatives of the English word participate.

Usage notes: participat functions as a finite verb form aligned with a third-person subject in the present tense. In Latin syntax, participation can be literal (taking part in a ceremony, debate, or war) or figurative (sharing in an experience, responsibility, or fate). While Latin rarely uses participat in isolation outside a broader clause, it is a standard and frequently encountered form in Latin prose and poetry.