agens

See also: Agens and ágens

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agens m (plural agentes)

  1. (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

Noun

agens n (plural agentia)

  1. agent, effective cause

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Latin

Etymology

Present active participle of agō (do, make)

Pronunciation

Participle

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

  1. doing, acting, making
  2. driving

Declension

Third-declension participle.

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
agentīs
agentia
Ablative agente
agentī1
agentibus
Vocative agēns agentēs agentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Descendants

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

References

  • 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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡɛns/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -aɡɛns
  • Syllabification: a‧gens

Noun

agens m pers

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

Declension

adjectives
adverbs
nouns

References

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

Further reading

  • agens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Noun

agens

  1. definite genitive singular of ag

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