wargus

== English == === Etymology === From Anglo-Latin wargus, from wearg, wearh (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal, wolfish individual”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to twist, bend, crook”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɔː(ɹ)ɡəs/ === Noun === wargus (plural wargi) (historical) An outlaw, outcast, or exile; one driven out of society for their crimes. [2013, Peter Nyers, Rethinking Refugees: Beyond State of Emergency - Page 74: The Old Norse word for wolf (vargr) was also the legal term for “outlaw”—that is, the wolf is that person who is outside the law. In ancient Germanic law, the term wargus was used to refer to both the outlaw and the wolf-man.] ==== Related terms ==== warriangle warry == Latin == === Alternative forms === vargus === Etymology === From Old English warg (“outlaw, criminal”), from Proto-West Germanic *warg, from Proto-Germanic *wargaz (“criminal”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwar.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈwar.ɡus] === Noun === wargus m (genitive wargī); second declension (Medieval Latin, England) an outlaw or criminal ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun.