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English

Etymology

age +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.d??/

Noun

ager (plural agers)

1. One who or that which ages something.
2. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.

Synonyms

• (elderly person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person

Anagrams

• GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, areg, gare, gear, rage

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, cognate with Swedish åker, English acre, German Acker. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ????? (agrós), Sanskrit ????? (ájra?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a????r/, [?æ?(j)?]
• Rhymes: -a???r

Noun

ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre)

1. (dated) field

   Synonyms: agerjord, mark

Inflection

Derived terms

References

• “ager” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a???r/, [?æ?(j)?]
• Homophone: aer

Verb

ager

1. present tense of age

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?e??r/, [a???e???], [a???e???]

Verb

ager or agér

1. imperative of agere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ????? (agrós), Sanskrit ???? (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.?er/, [?ä??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.d??er/, [???d???r]

Noun

ager m (genitive agr?); second declension

1. field, farm
2. land, estate, park
3. territory
4. country, countryside
5. terrain
6. soil

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: agru
• French: aire
• ? French: ager
• Galician: agro, agra
• Italian: agro
• Megleno-Romanian: agru
• Old Occitan: agre
• Portuguese: agro
• Romanian: agru
• Spanish: agro

References

• ager in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ager in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ager in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• ager in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ager in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin agilis (“swift”). Doublet of agil, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.d??er/

Adjective

ager m or n (feminine singular ager?, masculine plural ageri, feminine and neuter plural agere)

1. quick, swift.
2. smart, cunning, sharp.
3. (of objects) sharp

Declension

Synonyms

• (sharp): ascu?it

See also

• agil

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?????]

Noun

ager m (definite singular agern, plural agrar)

1. a field

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?a??r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?a???r/, /?a??r/

Noun

ager m (plural agerau)

1. steam

   Synonyms: stêm, anwedd

Mutation

English

Etymology

From Latin aeger (“sick”).

Adjective

aeger (not comparable)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
2. (dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

Noun

aeger (plural aegers)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
2. (dated, Britain school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
3. (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent

Related terms

• aegrotat

Anagrams

• Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare

Latin

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Italic *aigros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?eygros, from *h?eyg-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ae?.?er/, [?äe???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?e.d??er/, [???d???r]

Adjective

aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegr?); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sick, ill
2. (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
3. (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Noun

aeger m (genitive aegr?); second declension

1. sick person, invalid

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

Related terms

• aegresc?
• aegrotaticius
• aegr?t?ti?
• aegr?t?

Descendants

• English: aeger
• Italian: egro
• Portuguese: egro

References

• 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.