phager

phager

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros)bor.
Latin phager

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea-bream, braize, Pagrus vulgaris”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    phager m (genitive phagrī); second declension

    1. A kind of fish

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    nominative phager phagrī
    genitive phagrī phagrōrum
    dative phagrō phagrīs
    accusative phagrum phagrōs
    ablative phagrō phagrīs
    vocative phager phagrī

    Descendants

    (Note: see pagrus.)

    References

    • “phager”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “phager”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “phager”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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