agens

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ɣɛns/

• audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: agens

agens m (plural agentes)

1. (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

agens n (plural agentia)

1. agent, effective cause

• patiens

• reagens

• genas, sagen

Present active participle of agō (“do, make”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡens/, [ˈa.ɡẽːs]

agēns m or f or n (genitive agentis); third declension

1. doing, acting, making
2. driving

Third declension.

¹When used purely as an adjective.

• 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, 1883–1887)
• agens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

agens

1. definite genitive singular of ag