aeger
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aeger (not comparable)
- (dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
- (dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence
Noun[edit]
aeger (plural aegers)
- (dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
- (dated, Britain school slang) A note excusing a student from classes due to illness
- 1870 June 18, “The Nemesis”, in Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts[1], number 338, page 395:
- Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an "æger."'
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Maybe from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-. Cognates include Latin agō, gerō, Ancient Greek ἄγω (ágō, “to lead”), Old English acan (English ache) and Polish jaga, jędza.
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
Declension[edit]
First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | aeger | aegra | aegrum | aegrī | aegrae | aegra | |
Genitive | aegrī | aegrae | aegrī | aegrōrum | aegrārum | aegrōrum | |
Dative | aegrō | aegrō | aegrīs | ||||
Accusative | aegrum | aegram | aegrum | aegrōs | aegrās | aegra | |
Ablative | aegrō | aegrā | aegrō | aegrīs | |||
Vocative | aeger | aegra | aegrum | aegrī | aegrae | aegra |
Noun[edit]
aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | aeger | aegrī |
Genitive | aegrī | aegrōrum |
Dative | aegrō | aegrīs |
Accusative | aegrum | aegrōs |
Ablative | aegrō | aegrīs |
Vocative | aeger | aegrī |
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References[edit]
- 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.
- to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
- to have the gout: ex pedibus laborare, pedibus aegrum esse
- some one feigns illness: aliquis simulat aegrum or se esse aegrum
- to be ill, weakly: infirma, aegra valetudine esse or uti
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