Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 87.agō on page 87
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agere to lead
agere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to lead.
Definitions for agere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to drive, lead, do, act; pass, spend
English derivatives:
agent agenda agile agitate active actor action actual actuate
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To drive (cattle, etc.).
- 2
To drive or ride (a horse); to drive (a chariot, etc.).
- 3
To lead (an army, etc., against the enemy), bring into action.
- 4
To bring or reduce (to a specified state or condition); to put (to the test).
- 5
To play the part of, act as, behave as, be.
Sentences with agere
Latin to English
Dum tyrannus cōpiās dūcit, possumus nihil agere.Compare While the tyrant leads the troops, we can do nothing.
Alter amīcus tōtam vītam in aliā terrā aget.Compare The other friend will lead (his) entire life in another land.
Omnis cupiditās rērum malārum nōbīs vincenda est sī bonam vītam agere cupimus.Compare Every desire for evil things ought to be conquered by us (= we ought to conquer...) if we wish to lead a good life.
Librōs sapientiōrum auctōrum legite, sī vītam sapientissiman agere cupitis.Compare Read the books of wiser authors if you wish to lead the wisest (a very wise) life.
Servitūte līberātus, vītam iūcundam aget.Compare Freed from slavery he will lead a pleasant life.
Omnis, quicunque ago, subjectus sum mille casus scio.Compare I know that all things, whatsoever we do, are subject to a thousand accidents.
Magnus tu, Pansa, gratia omnis et habeo et ago debeo.Compare We ought all both to feel and to express the greatest gratitude to you, Pansa.
Quis ago, et ubi sum, cognosco.Compare I knew what you were doing, and where you were.
Conjugation table for agere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| agō agis agit agimus agitis agunt | agēbam agēbās agēbat agēbāmus agēbātis agēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| ēgī ēgistī ēgit ēgimus ēgistis ēgērunt / ēgēre | ēgeram ēgerās ēgerat ēgerāmus ēgerātis ēgerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| agam agēs aget agēmus agētis agent | ēgerō ēgeris ēgerit ēgerimus ēgeritis ēgerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| agam agās agat agāmus agātis agant | agerem agerēs ageret agerēmus agerētis agerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| ēgerim ēgeris ēgerit ēgerimus ēgeritis ēgerint | ēgissem ēgissēs ēgisset ēgissēmus ēgissētis ēgissent |
Infinitive present agere Infinitive perfect ēgisse Infinitive future āctūrum esse | Imperative present age agite Imperative future agitō agitō agitōte aguntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| agor ageris agitur agimur agiminī aguntur | agēbar agēbāris / agēbāre agēbātur agēbāmur agēbāminī agēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| āctus sum āctus es āctus est āctī sumus āctī estis āctī sunt | āctus eram āctus erās āctus erat āctī erāmus āctī erātis āctī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| agar agēris / agēre agētur agēmur agēminī agentur | āctus erō āctus eris āctus erit āctī erimus āctī eritis āctī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| agar agāris / agāre agātur agāmur agāminī agantur | agerer agerēris / agerēre agerētur agerēmur agerēminī agerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| āctus sim āctus sīs āctus sit āctī sīmus āctī sītis āctī sint | āctus essem āctus essēs āctus esset āctī essēmus āctī essētis āctī essent |
Infinitive present agī Infinitive perfect āctum esse Infinitive future āctum īrī | Imperative present agere agiminī Imperative future agitor agitor - aguntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | agēns | agentēs |
| Gen. | agentis | agentium |
| Dat. | agentī | agentibus |
| Acc. | agentem | agentēs |
| Abl. | agente | agentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | āctūrus | āctūrī |
| Gen. | āctūrī | āctūrōrum |
| Dat. | āctūrō | āctūrīs |
| Acc. | āctūrum | āctūrōs |
| Abl. | āctūrō | āctūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | āctus | āctī |
| Gen. | āctī | āctōrum |
| Dat. | āctō | āctīs |
| Acc. | āctum | āctōs |
| Abl. | āctō | āctīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | agendus | agendī |
| Gen. | agendī | agendōrum |
| Dat. | agendō | agendīs |
| Acc. | agendum | agendōs |
| Abl. | agendō | agendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | agere | āctum |
| Gen. | agendī | āctū |
| Dat. | agendō | |
| Acc. | agendum | |
| Abl. | agendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 52.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 87.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 119.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "agō, agere, ēgī, āctum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/ago-agere-egi-actum.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 52.agō, agere, ēgī, āctum on page 52
