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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English ago, past participle of agon (“‘to go away, to pass by’”), Old English agan (“‘to pass away’”).

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[edit] Adverb

ago (not comparable)

Positive
ago

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)
  1. Past; gone by; since.
    ten years ago
    gone long ago
  2. (obsolete) nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century)

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past; gone by; since

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  • G. A. Cooke, The County of Devon

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ago (plural agoj, accusative singular agon, accusative plural agojn)

  1. act, action

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ago m. (plural aghi)

  1. needle

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ago (hiragana あご)

  1. 顎: chin

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἄγω (agō), “‘to lead’”), Old Norse aka (“‘move, drive’”), Sanskrit अजति (ájati), “‘to drive, propel, cast’”).

[edit] Verb

present active agō, present infinitive agere, perfect active ēgī, supine āctum.

  1. To do, act, make.
    • Catiline Orations by Cicero (Latin text and English translations may be found here)
      Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas quod non ego non modo audiam sed etiam videam planeque sentiam.
      You do nothing, you plan nothing, you think of nothing which I not only do not hear, but which I do not see and know every particular of.
  2. To drive.

[edit] Conjugation

    Third Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present agō agis agit agimus agitis agunt
future agam agēs aget agēmus agētis agent
imperfect agēbam agēbās agēbat agēbāmus agēbātis agēbant
perfect ēgī ēgistī ēgit ēgimus ēgistis ēgērunt
pluperfect ēgeram ēgerās ēgerat ēgerāmus ēgerātis ēgerant
future perfect ēgerō ēgeris ēgerit ēgerimus ēgeritis ēgerint
passive present agor agēris agitur agimur agiminī aguntur
future agar agēris agētur agēmur agēminī agentur
imperfect agēbar agēbāris agēbātur agēbāmur agēbāminī agēbantur
perfect Use āctus m., ācta f., āctum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use āctus m., ācta f., āctum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
future perfect Use āctus m., ācta f., āctum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present agam agās agat agāmus agātis agant
imperfect agerem agerēs ageret agerēmus agerētis agerent
perfect ēgerim ēgerīs ēgerit ēgerīmus ēgerītis ēgerint
pluperfect ēgissem ēgissēs ēgisset ēgissēmus ēgissētis ēgissent
passive present agar agāris agātur agāmur agāminī agantur
imperfect agērer agērēris agērētur agērēmur agērēminī agērentur
perfect Use āctus m., ācta f., āctum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use āctus m., ācta f., āctum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular age agitō agitō agere agitor agitor
plural agite agitōte aguntō agiminī — aguntor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives agere ēgisse āctūrus esse agī āctus esse āctum īrī
participles agēns (agentis) — āctūrus -ra, -rum — āctus -a, -um agendus -nda, -ndum

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Derived terms

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[edit] Noun

ago

  1. twilight

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