noun · masculinesecond declension
phager
phager m (genitive phagrī)
Classical[ˈpʰa.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈfaː.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- masculineA kind of fish
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | phager | phagrī pagrī |
| genitive | phagrī pagrī | phagrōrum pagrōrum |
| dative | phagrō pagrō | phagrīs pagrīs |
| accusative | phagrum pagrum | phagrōs pagrōs |
| ablative | phagrō pagrō | phagrīs pagrīs |
| vocative | phager pagre | phagrī pagrī |
phăger (pa-) or phăgrus (pa-), i, m., = φάγρος,
I. a fish, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 150; Ov. Hal. 107; plur., Plin. 9, 16, 24, § 57; 32, 10, 38, § 113.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
phager ī, m
, φάγρος, an unknown fish, O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea-bream, braize, Pagrus vulgaris”).
In English words that came into English from phager
- porgyphagrum