algor
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Etymology
Noun
algor (uncountable)
- cold, chilliness
- 1878, The Monthly Abstract of Medical Science, volume 5, page 445:
- […] with suffocation, dyspnea, cold sweats, paleness of the face, algor of the extremities, etc., […]
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡor/, [ˈäɫ̪ɡɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈal.ɡor/, [ˈälɡor]
Noun
algor m (genitive algōris); third declension
- cold, chilliness
- Synonym: algus (ante-classical)
- (in the plural) cold weather
Usage notes
The difference between frīgus and algor is that algor as "cold" indicates that the temperature is so freezing that it is pinching and uncomfortable, whereas frīgus just means "the cold" in general. The main exception is that Pliny the Elder uses algor as "cold" in general.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: algor mortis
- Italian: algore
- Portuguese: algor mortis
References
- “algor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “algor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- algor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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