ager
See also: Ager, äger, åger, and Ağer
English
Etymology
age + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.dʒə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɚ/
Noun
ager (plural agers)
- One who or that which ages something.
- (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
- 1965, Williams, Richard Hays; Wirths, Claudine G., Lives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful Aging, Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 165:
- When the aging person depends on another, the control of the aged one's life space is placed in the hands of another person who may or may not contribute action energy that is appropriate or acceptable from the standpoint of the ager.
- 2006, Davenport, Gloria, Working with Toxic Older Adults: A Guide to Coping with Difficult Elders, Springer Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 143:
- Inappropriate behavior then erupts from the agers involved, disturbing everyone around, including the agers themselves, who often do not understand what is happening and struggle excessively to maintain rigid control of old perceptions and self images.
- 2014, McFadden, Susan H.; Brennan, Mark, New Directions in the Study of Late Life Religiousness and Spirituality, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62:
- This definition of success is located in society's structures and suits society, not the agers. Successful ageing is arguably therefore a socially constructed phenomenon, characterized by lack of “noise,” maintenance of youthful status until death, and a dogged engagement with social structures which appear almost as if designed to discourage the engagement of older people.
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Synonyms
- (elderly person): geriatric, oldster, senior citizen; see also Thesaurus:old person
Anagrams
- GRAE, Gear, Gera, Rega, areg, gare, gear, rage
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, cognate with Swedish åker, English acre, German Acker. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्रः (ájraḥ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːˀɣər/, [ˈæˀ(j)ɐ]
- Rhymes: -aːˀər
Noun
ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre)
- (dated) field
- Synonyms: agerjord, mark
Inflection
Declension of ager
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ager | ageren | agre | agrene |
| genitive | agers | agerens | agres | agrenes |
Derived terms
- agerbrug
- agerdyrker
- agerdyrkning
- agerjord
References
- “ager” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːɣər/, [ˈæː(j)ɐ]
- Homophone: aer
Verb
ager
- present tense of age
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɡeːˀr/, [aˈɡ̊eˀɐ̯], [aˈɡ̊eɐ̯ˀ]
Verb
ager or agér
- imperative of agere
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्र (ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ɡer/, [ˈäɡɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/, [ˈäːd͡ʒer]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
ager m (genitive agrī); second declension
- field, farm
- land, estate, park
- territory
- country, countryside
- terrain
- soil
Declension
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ager | agrī |
| Genitive | agrī | agrōrum |
| Dative | agrō | agrīs |
| Accusative | agrum | agrōs |
| Ablative | agrō | agrīs |
| Vocative | ager | agrī |
Derived terms
- agellus
- agrālis
- agrāria
- agrārius
- agrāticum
- agrellus
- agrestis
- agricola
- agricultiō
- agricultor
- agricultūra
- agrīmēnsor
- agripeta
- agrōsus
- peragrō
- peregre
Descendants
- Aromanian: agru
- French: aire
- → French: ager
- Galician: agro, agra
- Italian: agro
- Megleno-Romanian: agru
- Old Occitan: agre
- Portuguese: agro
- Romanian: agru
- Spanish: agro
References
- “ager”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ager”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ager in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to irrigate fields: agros irrigare
- the river floods the fields: flumen agros inundat
- to settle a large number of people in a country: multitudinem in agris collocare
- to till the ground: agrum colere (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 67)
- to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere
- to live in the country: in agris esse, habitare
- the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
- public land; state domain: ager publicus
- to allot land: agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)
- to make an inroad into hostile territory: excursionem in hostium agros facere
- to irrigate fields: agros irrigare
- “ager”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ager”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin agilis (“swift”). Doublet of agil, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/
Audio (file)
Adjective
ager m or n (feminine singular ageră, masculine plural ageri, feminine and neuter plural agere)
- quick, swift.
- smart, cunning, sharp.
- (of objects) sharp
Declension
Declension of ager
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | ager | ageră | ageri | agere | ||
| definite | agerul | agera | agerii | agerele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | ager | agere | ageri | agere | ||
| definite | agerului | agerei | agerilor | agerelor | |||
Synonyms
- (sharp): ascuțit
See also
- agil
Scanian
Etymology
From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑ́ːɣɐ]
Noun
ager m (definite singular agern, plural agrar)
- a field
Welsh
Alternative forms
- agerdd
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaɡɛr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈaːɡɛr/, /ˈaɡɛr/
Noun
ager m (plural agerau)
- steam
- Synonyms: stêm, anwedd
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| ager | unchanged | unchanged | hager |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ager”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies