aeger
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]aeger (not comparable)
- (dated, British school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
- (dated, British school slang) Relating to such an excused absence
Noun
[edit]aeger (plural aegers)
- (dated, British school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
- (dated, British school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
- 1870 June 18, “The Nemesis”, in Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts[1], number 338, chapter 7, page 395:
- Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an "æger."'
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Obscure, but probably Germanic. Compare eagre.
Noun
[edit]aeger (plural aegers)
References
[edit]- ^ Peacock, Elder et al. The Peacock Lincolnshire Word Books 1884-1920. Scunthorpe Museum Society, 1997, p. 44.
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Presumably from Proto-Italic *aigros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eygros, from *h₂eyg-.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.ɡer/, [ˈäe̯ɡɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.d͡ʒer/, [ˈɛːd͡ʒer]
Adjective
[edit]aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
- sick, ill
- weak, feeble
- (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
- (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | aeger | aegra | aegrum | aegrī | aegrae | aegra | |
genitive | aegrī | aegrae | aegrī | aegrōrum | aegrārum | aegrōrum | |
dative | aegrō | aegrae | aegrō | aegrīs | |||
accusative | aegrum | aegram | aegrum | aegrōs | aegrās | aegra | |
ablative | aegrō | aegrā | aegrō | aegrīs | |||
vocative | aeger | aegra | aegrum | aegrī | aegrae | aegra |
Noun
[edit]aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | aeger | aegrī |
genitive | aegrī | aegrōrum |
dative | aegrō | aegrīs |
accusative | aegrum | aegrōs |
ablative | aegrō | aegrīs |
vocative | aeger | aegrī |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “aeger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aeger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aeger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
- to have the gout: ex pedibus laborare, pedibus aegrum esse
- some one feigns illness: aliquis simulat aegrum or se esse aegrum
- to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
Scots
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perhaps From Middle English nauger.
Noun
[edit]aeger (plural aegers)
References
[edit]- “aeger, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.
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