conger

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See also: Conger and cóng'ér

English

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Etymology

From Middle English congre, from Old French congre, from Latin conger, from Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).

Pronunciation

Noun

conger (plural congers)

  1. Any of several scaleless marine eels, of the genus Conger, found in coastal waters
    Synonym: conger eel
  2. (historical) A chain of booksellers.

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Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γόγγρος (góngros), from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“a lump, rounded object”).

Pronunciation

Noun

conger m (genitive congrī); second declension

  1. conger eel

Declension

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative conger congrī
Genitive congrī congrōrum
Dative congrō congrīs
Accusative congrum congrōs
Ablative congrō congrīs
Vocative conger congrī

Descendants

  • Catalan: congre
  • → English: conger
  • French: congre
  • Galician: congro
  • Italian: grongo
  • Portuguese: congro
  • Spanish: congrio

References

  • “conger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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