- IPA(key): [aɡoˈnii]
- Rhymes: -ii
- Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧i
agonii (present agonias, past agoniis, future agonios, conditional agonius, volitive agoniu)
- to be at the point of death, on one's death bed; suffer the throes of death
La malfeliĉa besto agoniis, / Kaj lia naskintino plende ĝemis. (A. Kofman (translator), “Kain” (“Cain”) by Lord Byron)- The poor animal lay dying, and his dam bleated piteously.
- (figurative) to draw to a close, be in its final stage, on its last legs
La tago agonias.- The day is drawing to a close.
La registaro agonias.- The government is on its last legs.