algor

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin algor. === Noun === algor (uncountable) Cold, chilliness. ==== Related terms ==== algor mortis == Latin == === Etymology === From algeō (“to be, feel cold”) +‎ -or. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaɫ.ɡɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.ɡor] === Noun === algor m (genitive algōris); third declension cold, chilliness Synonym: algus (ante-classical) (in the plural) cold weather ==== Usage notes ==== The difference between frīgus and algor is that algor as "cold" indicates that the temperature is so freezing that it is pinching and uncomfortable, whereas frīgus just means "the cold" in general. The main exception is that Pliny the Elder uses algor as "cold" in general. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== algēns algeō algidus ==== Descendants ==== English: algor mortis Italian: algore Portuguese: algor mortis === References === “algor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “algor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “algor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.