AGENS, agens
Sounds Like: AH-gens
Translations: acting, doing, driving, leading, a doer, an agent
From the root: AGO
Part of Speech: Participle, Adjective, Noun
Explanation: AGENS is the present active participle of the Latin verb AGO, meaning 'to do' or 'to act'. It describes something or someone that is currently performing an action. It can function as a verb (acting), an adjective (active, effective), or a noun (an agent, a doer).
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Nominative or Accusative, Singular, Masculine or Feminine; or Nominative, Singular, Neuter. It can also function as a third declension adjective or noun.
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, AGO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ACTURI — about to do, going to do, who will do, those who are about to do
- AGITE — do!, act!, drive!, lead!, come on!
- AGITUR — it is done, it is driven, it is acted, it is treated, it is discussed, it is performed
- AGO — do, act, drive, lead, conduct, manage, treat, discuss, plead, spend, live, perform, celebrate, move, stir, urge, impel, accomplish, transact, negotiate, administer, practice, exercise, keep, observe
- EGERUNT — they did, they acted, they drove, they led, they conducted, they managed, they performed
- EGIT — he did, he acted, he drove, he led, he performed, he spent
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