English

Noun

ager ‎(plural agers)

1. One who or that which ages something.
2. (euphemistic) One who is aging; an elderly person.
   • 1965, Richard Hays Williams, Claudine G. Wirths, Lives Through the Years: Styles of Life and Successful Aging, Transaction Publishers (ISBN 9780202367125), page 165

     When the aging person depends on another, the control of the aged one's life space is placed in the hands of another person who may or may not contribute action energy that is appropriate or acceptable from the standpoint of the ager.

   • 2006, Gloria Davenport, Working with Toxic Older Adults: A Guide to Coping with Difficult Elders, Springer Publishing Company (ISBN 9780826117236), page 143

     Inappropriate behavior then erupts from the agers involved, disturbing everyone around, including the agers themselves, who often do not understand what is happening and struggle excessively to maintain rigid control of old perceptions and self images.

   • 2014, Susan H. Mcfadden, Mark Brennan, NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LATE, Routledge (ISBN 9781134731107), page 62

     This definition of success is located in society's structures and suits society, not the agers. Successful ageing is arguably therefore a socially constructed phenomenon, characterized by lack of “noise,” maintenance of youthful status until death, and a dogged engagement with social structures which appear almost as if designed to discourage the engagement of older people.

Anagrams

• areg
• gear
• GRAE
• rage

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‎(“field”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːjər/, [ˈæːˀjɐ]

Noun

ager c (singular definite ageren, plural indefinite agre)

1. field

Inflection

Etymology 2

See age ‎(“drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːjər/, [ˈæːjɐ]

Verb

ager

1. present tense of age

Etymology 3

See agere ‎(“act, play”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɡeːr/, [aˈɡ̥eɐ̯ˀ]

Verb

ager or agér

1. imperative of agere

French

Etymology

From Latin ager ‎(“field”).

Noun

ager m ‎(plural agers)

1. territory
2. terrain

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *agros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros. Cognates include Ancient Greek ἀγρός ‎(agrós), Sanskrit अज्र ‎(ájra) and Old English æcer (English acre).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ager m ‎(genitive agrī); second declension

1. field, farm
2. land, estate, park
3. territory, country
4. terrain
5. soil

Inflection

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be agre.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Aromanian: agru
• French: aire
• Galician: agro
• Italian: agro
• Megleno-Romanian: agru
• Old Provençal: agre
• Portuguese: agro
• Romanian: agru
• Spanish: agro

References

• ager in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ager in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ager”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to irrigate fields: agros irrigare
    
  • the river floods the fields: flumen agros inundat
    
  • to settle a large number of people in a country: multitudinem in agris collocare
    
  • to till the ground: agrum colere (Leg. Agr. 2. 25. 67)
    
  • to leave fertile ground untilled: agros fertiles deserere
    
  • to live in the country: in agris esse, habitare
    
  • the corn is not yet ripe: frumenta in agris matura non sunt (B. G. 1. 16. 2)
    
  • public land; state domain: ager publicus
    
  • to allot land: agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)
    
  • to make an inroad into hostile territory: excursionem in hostium agros facere
    
• ager in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ager in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin agilis ‎(“swift”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.d͡ʒer/

Adjective

ager m, n ‎(feminine singular ageră, masculine plural ageri, feminine and neuter plural agere)

1. quick, swift.
2. smart, cunning, sharp.
3. (of objects) sharp

Declension

Synonyms

• (sharp): ascuțit

See also

• agil

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɑ́ːɣɐ]

Noun

ager m

1. a field