aeger

See also: äger and æger

English

Etymology 1

From Latin aeger (“sick”).

Adjective

aeger (not comparable)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
2. (dated, Britain school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

Noun

aeger (plural aegers)

1. (dated, Britain school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
2. (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."'

Related terms

• aegrotat

Etymology 2

Obscure, but probably Germanic. Confer eagre.

Noun

1. (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent

Anagrams

• Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Italic *aigros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eygros, from *h₂eyg-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.ɡer/, [ˈäe̯ɡɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.d͡ʒer/, [ˈɛːd͡ʒer]

Adjective

aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. sick, ill

   Synonyms: languidus, miser, īnfirmus, fessus

   Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber

2. weak, feeble

   Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, fractus, tenuis, mollis, īnfirmus, inops, fessus, obnoxius

   Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos

3. (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
4. (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad

   Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, maestus, miser

   Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
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

aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension

1. sick person, invalid

Declension

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

Derived terms

• aegrē
• aegreō
• aegrimōnia
• aegritūdō
• aegror
• aegrōtus
• aegrum

 

Related terms

• aegrescō
• aegrotaticius
• aegrōtātiō
• aegrōtō

Descendants

• English: aeger
• Italian: egro
• Portuguese: egro

References

• “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
    

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Scots

Etymology

Perhaps From Middle English nauger.

Noun

aeger (plural aegers)

1. (Shetland) auger

References

• “aeger, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.