agens
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agens m (plural agentes)
Noun
agens n (plural agentia)
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Present active participle of agō (“do, make”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡens/, [ˈäɡẽːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒens/, [ˈäːd͡ʒens]
Participle
agēns (genitive agentis); third-declension one-termination participle
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
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
Noun
agens m pers
- (grammar) agent (doer of the verb)
- agens czasownika ― the agent of a verb
- agens czynności ― the agent of an action
Declension
Declension of agens
Related terms
adjectives
adverbs
nouns
References
- Pęzik, Piotr, Przepiórkowski, A., Bańko, M., Górski, R., Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, B (2012) Wyszukiwarka PELCRA dla danych NKJP. Narodowy Korpus Języka Polskiego [National Polish Language Corpus, PELCRA search engine][2], Wydawnictwo PWN
Further reading
- agens in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- agens in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Noun
agens
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