English

Noun

agger ‎(plural aggers)

1. A high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again.
2. A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again.
3. In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound; a raised work.

Derived terms

• agger nasi

Anagrams

• eggar
• Garge

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

agger m ‎(genitive aggeris); third declension

1. rampart, bulwark (or the materials used to make one)
2. causeway, pier, dam, dyke

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• Italian: argine
• Spanish: arce, arcén

References

• agger in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “agger”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
    
• agger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• agger in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
• agger in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin