# aeger
## English
### Etymology 1

From Latin aeger (“sick”).

#### Adjective

aeger (not comparable)
* (dated, British school slang) Absent and excused from one’s classes due to illness
* (dated, British school slang) Relating to such an excused absence

#### Noun

aeger (plural aegers)
* (dated, British school slang) An excused absence from classes due to illness
* (dated, British 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, number 338, chapter 7, 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. Compare eagre.

#### Noun

aeger (plural aegers)
* (dated, local dialect) A particularly high tidal wave on some rivers, esp. the Trent

#### References

* ↑ Peacock, Elder et al. The Peacock Lincolnshire Word Books 1884-1920. Scunthorpe Museum Society, 1997, p. 44.

### Anagrams

* Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare

## Latin
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈae̯.ɡer/, [ˈäe̯ɡɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈe.d͡ʒer/, [ˈɛːd͡ʒer]

### Adjective

aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum, comparative aegrior, superlative aegerrimus, adverb aegrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
* sick, ill
    Synonyms: languidus, affectus, miser, īnfirmus, fessus
    Antonyms: sānus, salvus, validus, integer, intāctus, salūber
* weak, feeble
    Synonyms: dēbilis, languidus, fractus, tenuis, mollis, īnfirmus, inops, fessus, obnoxius
    Antonyms: praevalēns, fortis, potis, potēns, validus, strēnuus, compos
* (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
* (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad
    Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, maestus, miser
    Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx

#### Declension

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

### Noun

aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension
* sick person, invalid

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

#### 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, 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

## Scots
### Etymology

Perhaps From Middle English nauger.

### Noun

aeger (plural aegers)
* (Shetland) auger

### References

* “aeger, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.