"agens" meaning in Latin

See agens in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈa.ɡẽːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.d͡ʒens] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Present active participle of agō (“do, make”) Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:from|la:agō<id:act>|id=acting}} [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*agō", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agō", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "agens", "lang" : "la" }" data-id="acting" data-lang="la" data-title="agens" id="Latin:_acting"> Head templates: {{la-part|agēns}} agēns (genitive agentis); third-declension one-termination participle Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|agēns<3-P+>}} Forms: agēns [canonical], agentis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], agēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, nominative, singular], agentēs [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], agentia [neuter, nominative, plural], agentis [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, singular], agentium [feminine, genitive, masculine, neuter, plural], agentī [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], agentibus [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], agentem [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], agēns [accusative, neuter, singular], agentēs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], agentīs [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], agentia [accusative, neuter, plural], agente [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], agentī [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, singular], agentibus [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], agēns [feminine, masculine, neuter, singular, vocative], agentēs [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], agentia [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. doing, acting, making Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: agō (extra: do, make)
    Sense id: en-agens-la-verb-yvE4BabC Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 55
  2. driving Tags: active, declension-3, form-of, one-termination, participle, present Form of: agō (extra: do, make)
    Sense id: en-agens-la-verb-2cGs8Rdl Categories (other): Latin entries with etymon, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin third declension participles of one termination, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Latin entries with etymon: 40 60 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Latin third declension participles of one termination: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 55
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        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of",
        "one-termination",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "extra": "do, make",
          "word": "agō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driving"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "driving",
          "driving"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "declension-3",
        "form-of",
        "one-termination",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa.ɡẽːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.d͡ʒens]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "agens"
}

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