phager

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

phager m (genitive phagrī); second declension

  1. A kind of fish

Declension[edit]

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

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

Descendants[edit]

  • Catalan: pagre
  • Galician: prago
  • Spanish: pargo

References[edit]

  • 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.