phager

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.ɡer/, [ˈpʰäɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.d͡ʒer/, [ˈfäːd͡ʒer]

Noun

phager m (genitive phagrī); second declension

1. A kind of fish

Declension

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

• Catalan: pagre
• Galician: prago
• Spanish: pargo
  • → English: porgy

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.