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English
Etymology
From Latin algor.
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., […]
Latin
Etymology
From algeō (“I am, feel cold”) + -or.
Pronunciation
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.
Descendants
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.