agonii

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger-der.
Proto-Hellenic *agéřřō
Ancient Greek ἀγείρω (ageírō)
Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek ἀγωνίᾱ (agōníā)der.
Ecclesiastical Latin agoniader.
Esperanto agonii

    From Ecclesiastical Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίᾱ (agōníā).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aɡoˈnii/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -ii
    • Syllabification: a‧go‧ni‧i

    Verb

    agonii (present agonias, past agoniis, future agonios, conditional agonius, volitive agoniu)

    1. to be at the point of death, on one's death bed; suffer the throes of death
      La malfeliĉa besto agoniis, / Kaj lia naskintino plende ĝemis. (A. Kofman (translator), “Kain” (“Cain”) by Lord Byron)
      The poor animal lay dying, and his dam bleated piteously.
    2. (figurative) to draw to a close, be in its final stage, on its last legs
      La tago agonias.
      The day is drawing to a close.
      La registaro agonias.
      The government is on its last legs.

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of agonii
    present past future
    singular plural singular plural singular plural
    tense agonias agoniis agonios
    active participle agonianta agoniantaj agoniinta agoniintaj agonionta agoniontaj
    acc. agoniantan agoniantajn agoniintan agoniintajn agoniontan agoniontajn
    nominal active participle agonianto agoniantoj agoniinto agoniintoj agonionto agoniontoj
    acc. agonianton agoniantojn agoniinton agoniintojn agonionton agoniontojn
    adverbial active participle agoniante agoniinte agonionte
    infinitive agonii imperative agoniu conditional agonius

    References

    1. ^ André Cherpillod, “agonii”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
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