egimus

Egimus is the first-person plural perfect indicative active form of the Latin verb agere, meaning “we did,” “we have done,” or “we acted.” The basic verb is agere, with principal parts ago, agere, egi, actum; egimus is built from the perfect stem egi plus the regular 1st person plural ending -mus. It marks a completed action in the past by a plural subject.

In usage, egimus is common in classical Latin prose and poetry for narrative and formal expression of past deeds. It typically governs a direct object that states what was done, or it can stand with contextual meaning such as “we conducted ourselves” or “we acted.” The form contrasts with agimus, the present tense “we do,” and with other perfect forms formed from the same verb.

Morphology and related forms: The active perfect conjugation of agere is egi (1st sg), egisti (2nd sg), egit (3rd sg), egimus (1st pl), egistis (2nd pl), egerunt (3rd pl). Egimus thus represents the 1st person plural. For the pluperfect, the forms are egeram, egeras, egerat, egeramus, egeratis, egerant, showing the broader perfect system in Latin. The passive, future, and other tenses are built from related stems and participles.

See also: Latin verb conjugation, Ago, Agere.