conger

See also: Conger and cóng'ér

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French congre, from Latin conger from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒŋɡə(ɹ)/
  • Homophone: conga (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conger (plural congers)

  1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.ɡer/, [ˈkɔŋ.ɡɛr]

Noun

conger m (genitive congrī); second declension

  1. conger eel

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative conger congrī
Genitive congrī congrōrum
Dative congrō congrīs
Accusative congrum congrōs
Ablative congrō congrīs
Vocative conger congrī

Descendants

References
  • conger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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