phager

Latin

Etymology

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

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

Noun

phager m (genitive phagrī); second declension

  1. A kind of fish

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative phager phagrī
Genitive phagrī phagrōrum
Dative phagrō phagrīs
Accusative phagrum phagrōs
Ablative phagrō phagrīs
Vocative phager1 phagrī

1May also be phagre.

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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