English → Latin
“agent” in Latin
āctordoer, agent; actor (person who performs in a theatrical play or movie); prosecutor, plaintiff, advocate, oratorcōnfectormaker, preparer; consumer, destroyer, slayerinanimuslifeless, inanimate
The English word agent itself goes back to Latin agō, through agēns.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
agent
actor (alicajus rei: doer of anything, often auctor et actor (Caes.), illo auctore atque agente, B.C, 1, 26): confector (one who completes a work).
To be a free agent, sui juris, or suae potestatis, or in sua potestate esse: integrae ac solidae potestatis esse (to be one’s own master): nulla necessitate astrictum esse (bound by no necessity). Not to be a free agent, ex alterius arbitrio pendere (but not aliunde or extrinsecus pendere, sometimes given, without reference to the context, from Cic., ad Div., 5. 13, 2).
Notural agents, inanima (plur. opposed to animalia): res naturales: ratione carentia: rationis expertia.
To be anybody’s agent (= manager of his affairs), alicui rationibus esse (from an inscription): alicujus res ac rationes curare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for agent?
- The usual Latin words for “agent” are āctor, cōnfector, inanimus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.