ager

== English == === Etymology === From age +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɚ/ === Noun === ager (plural agers) One who or that which ages something. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person. (in compounds) One who belongs to a particular age or era. ==== Synonyms ==== (elderly person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, areg, gare, gear, rage == Danish == === Etymology 1 === From Old Danish akær, from Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, cognate with Swedish åker, English acre, German Acker. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्रः (ájraḥ). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aːˀɣər/, [ˈæˀ(j)ɐ] Rhymes: -aːˀər ==== Noun ==== ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre) (dated) field Synonyms: agerjord, mark ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== References ===== “ager” in Den Danske Ordbog === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aːɣər/, [ˈæː(j)ɐ] Homophone: aer ==== Verb ==== ager present tense of age === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /aɡeːˀr/, [aˈɡ̊eˀɐ̯], [aˈɡ̊eɐ̯ˀ] ==== Verb ==== ager or agér imperative of agere == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Umbrian ager, South Picene akren, Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɡɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.d͡ʒer] === Noun === ager m (genitive agrī); second declension field, acre land, estate, park territory Ager Romanus ― The roman land possessions, as opposed to: Ager peregrinus ― foreign lands, territory (chiefly plural only) country, countryside terrain soil ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Borrowings === 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): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/ === Adjective === ager m or n (feminine singular ageră, masculine plural ageri, feminine/neuter plural agere) quick, swift. smart, cunning, sharp. (of objects) sharp ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (sharp): ascuțit ==== See also ==== agil == Scanian == === Etymology === From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ɑ́ːɣɐ] === Noun === ager m (definite singular agern, plural agrar) a field == Umbrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognate with Latin ager. === Noun === ager field ==== Declension ==== (genitive singular) e.Ig. agre (ablative singular) e.Ig. 𐌀𐌊𐌓𐌖𐌕𐌖 (akrutu) === References === Buck, Carl Darling (1904), A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 29 Poultney, James Wilson (1959), The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎[2], Baltimore: American Philological Association == Welsh == === Alternative forms === agerdd === Pronunciation === (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɡɛr/ (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈa(ː)ɡɛr/ === Noun === ager m (plural agerau) steam Synonyms: stêm, anwedd ==== Derived terms ==== === Mutation === === Further reading === R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ager”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies