agonii

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Esperanto[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [aɡoˈnii]
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  • Rhymes: -ii
  • Hyphenation: a‧go‧ni‧i

Verb[edit]

agonii (present agonias, past agoniis, future agonios, conditional agonius, volitive agoniu)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.

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