aeger

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Latin aeger (“sick”). ==== Adjective ==== aeger (not comparable) (dated, UK school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness (dated, UK school slang) Relating to such an excused absence ==== Noun ==== aeger (plural aegers) (dated, UK school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness (dated, UK school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness ==== Related terms ==== aegrotat === Etymology 2 === Obscure, but probably Germanic. Compare eagre. ==== Noun ==== aeger (plural aegers) (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare == Latin == === Etymology === Presumably from Proto-Italic *aigros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eygros, from *h₂eyg-. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛː.d͡ʒer] === Adjective === aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er) sick, ill Synonyms: aegrōtus, languidus, affectus, miser, īnfirmus, fessus Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber weak, feeble Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, fractus, tenuis, mollis, īnfirmus, inops, fessus, obnoxius Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, maestus, miser Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er). === Noun === aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension a sick person, invalid ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: aeger Italian: egro Portuguese: egro === Further reading === “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. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “aeger”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 26 == Scots == === Etymology === Perhaps From Middle English nauger. === Noun === aeger (plural aegers) (Shetland) auger === References === “aeger, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.