aeger

Etymology

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, number 338, page 395:

     Dick laughed. 'I'll get the receipt from him. I often want a good thing for an "æger."'

Anagrams

• Eager, agree, eager, eagre, geare

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.ɡer/, [ˈae̯.ɡɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.d͡ʒer/, [ˈɛː.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

aeger (feminine aegra, neuter aegrum); first/second declension

1. sick, ill
2. (figuratively) difficult, reluctant, troublesome
3. (figuratively) anxious, troubled, sad

Noun

aeger m (genitive aegrī); second declension

1. sick person, invalid

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