# agens
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”). The plural agentes derives from the masculine/feminine Latin plural, whereas agentia represents the neuter Latin plural.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.ɣɛns/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: agens

### Noun

agens m (plural agentes)
* (grammar) agent, grammatical agent

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: agens

### Noun

agens n (plural agentia)
* agent, effective cause

#### Coordinate terms

* patiens

#### Derived terms

* reagens

### Anagrams

* genas, sagen

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch agens, from Latin agēns. Doublet of agen.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈaɡɛns/ [ˈa.ɡɛns]
* Rhymes: -aɡɛns
* Syllabification: a‧gens

### Noun

agèns (plural agens-agens)
* agent:
** (biology) an active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect.
** (linguistics, grammar) the participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation.
    Synonym: pelaku

#### Alternative forms

* (biological, linguistics/grammar): agen
* (biological, chemical): agén (Standard Malay)

#### Related terms

* agen
* agensi

### Further reading

* “agens” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.ɡens/, [ˈäɡẽːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.d͡ʒens/, [ˈäːd͡ʒens]

### Participle

agēns (genitive agentis); third-declension one-termination participle
* doing, acting, making
* driving

#### Declension

Third-declension participle.
$^1$When used purely as an adjective.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: agent
* Dalmatian: agent
* Dutch: agent
* English: agent
* French: agent
* Galician: axente
* Italian: agente
** → Turkish: acente
* Portuguese: agente
* Romanian: agent
* Spanish: agente

### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ɡɛns/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡɛns
* Syllabification: a‧gens

### Noun

agens m pers
* (grammar) agent (doer of the verb)
    agens czasownika ― the agent of a verb
    agens czynności ― the agent of an action

#### Related terms

* agencyjny
* agenturalny
* agenturowy
* agencyjnie
* agenturalnie
* agenciak
* agencik
* agencja
* agenda
* agendka
* agent
* agentka
* agentura
* agenturalność
* agenturka

### References

* ↑ Teoryczna y praktyczna grammatyka JP. D'Abrego‎, 1801, page 6

### Further reading

* agens in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Swedish
### Noun

agens
* definite genitive singular of ag

### Anagrams

* Agnes, anges, gasen