German

Noun

Agens n ‎(genitive Agens, plural Agentia or Agentien or Agenzien or Agens)

1. (also linguistics) agent
2. (physics) medium

Noun

Agens m ‎(genitive Agens, plural Agens)

1. (linguistics) agent

Antonyms

• (linguistics): Patiens

Dutch

Noun

agens m ‎(plural agentes)

1. (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

Noun

agens n ‎(plural agentia)

1. agent

Derived terms

• reagens

Anagrams

• genas, sagen

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡeːns/

Participle

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

1. doing, acting, making
2. driving

Inflection

Third declension.

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “agens”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Swedish

Noun

agens

1. definite genitive singular of ag