See also: Agens and ágens

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ɣɛns/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: agens

Noun

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agens m (plural agentes)

  1. (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

Noun

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agens n (plural agentia)

  1. agent, effective cause

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Latin

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Etymology

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Present active participle of agō (do, make)

Pronunciation

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Participle

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agēns (genitive agentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. doing, acting, making
  2. driving

Declension

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Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative agēns agentēs agentia
genitive agentis agentium
dative agentī agentibus
accusative agentem agēns agentēs
agentīs
agentia
ablative agente
agentī1
agentibus
vocative agēns agentēs agentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

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  • Catalan: agent
  • Dalmatian: agent
  • Dutch: agent
  • English: agent
  • French: agent
  • Galician: axente
  • Italian: agente
  • Portuguese: agente
  • Romanian: agent
  • Spanish: agente

References

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  • 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
  • agens 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)
  • agens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin agens. Doublet of agent. First attested in 1801.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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agens m pers

  1. (grammar) agent (doer of the verb)
    agens czasownikathe agent of a verb
    agens czynnościthe agent of an action

Declension

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adjectives
adverbs
nouns

References

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  1. ^ Teoryczna y praktyczna grammatyka JP. D'Abrego[1], 1801, page 6

Further reading

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  • agens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

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Noun

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agens

  1. definite genitive singular of ag

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