Dictionary formagmen, agminis(neuter)
Translation
column of troops, marching army; throng, stream
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | agmen | agmina |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | agmen | agmina |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | agmen | agmina |
| Genitiveof | agminis | agminum |
| Dativeto, for | agmini | agminibus |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | agmine | agminibus |
Examples
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He was leading the column through the wood.
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A long column could be seen on the road.
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There were many soldiers in the column.
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The enemy attacked the rearguard.
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Great throngs of people were coming to the city.
Agmen, agminis is a third declension neuter from ago: the thing that is driven or led along. The -men suffix marks a result, as in flumen, lumen and numen, so the noun is neuter and the plural is agmina, whatever the singular looks like.
In military prose the distinction that matters is agmen against acies. An agmen is the army on the march, strung out along a road; an acies is the army drawn up to fight. Hence primum agmen for the van, novissimum agmen for the rear, and agmine quadrato for a marching square. Outside the army the word keeps its motion and means any moving stream - of people, ships, oars, even stars. English gets no direct descendant, but agenda, agent and act are cousins through ago.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 6, lesson 6: agmen, laetus, vallis and 7 more words.