aegre
See also: ægre
Latin
Etymology
From aeger (“ill, difficult, reluctant”) + -ē (“adverbial suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈae̯.ɡreː/, [ˈäe̯ɡreː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɡre/, [ˈɛːɡre]
Adverb
aegrē (comparative aegrius, superlative aegrissimē)
References
- “aegre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aegre”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aegre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
- I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
- to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid
- to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse