agens

See also: Agens and ágens

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PronunciationEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

NounEdit

agens m (plural agentes)

1. (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

NounEdit

agens n (plural agentia)

1. agent

Derived termsEdit

• reagens

AnagramsEdit

• genas, sagen

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Present active participle of agō (“do, make”)

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡens/, [ˈa.ɡẽːs]

ParticipleEdit

agēns m, f, n (genitive agentis); third declension

1. doing, acting, making
2. driving

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
nominative	agēns			agentēs	agentia
genitive	agentis			agentium
dative	agentī			agentibus
accusative	agentem	agēns		agentēs	agentia
ablative	agente, agentī1			agentibus
vocative	agēns			agentēs	agentia

¹When used purely as an adjective.

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: agent
• English: agent
• French: agent
• Italian: agente

• Portuguese: agente
• Romanian: agent
• Spanish: agente

ReferencesEdit

• agens in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agens in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “agens”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “agens” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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NounEdit

agens

1. definite genitive singular of ag