muger

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mugn-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with English mitch, Old Irish formúighte, formúchthae (“hidden”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.ɡer/, [ˈmuː.ɡɛr]

Noun

mūger m (genitive mūgrī); second declension

  1. A cheater in the game of dice

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mūger mūgrī
genitive mūgrī mūgrōrum
dative mūgrō mūgrīs
accusative mūgrum mūgrōs
ablative mūgrō mūgrīs
vocative mūger1 mūgrī

1May also be mūgre.

References

  • muger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • muger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

muger f (plural mugeres)

  1. Obsolete spelling of mujer
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