muger

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)mūg-, *(s)mugn-, *(s)mewgʰ- (“swindler, thief”). Cognate with English mitch, Old Irish formúighte, formúchthae (“hidden”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ɡer/, [ˈmuːɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.d͡ʒer/, [ˈmuːd͡ʒer]

Noun

mūger m (genitive mūgrī); second declension

1. A cheater in the game of dice

Declension

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

	singular	plural
nominative	mūger	mūgrī
genitive	mūgrī	mūgrōrum
dative	mūgrō	mūgrīs
accusative	mūgrum	mūgrōs
ablative	mūgrō	mūgrīs
vocative	mūger	mūgrī

References

• “muger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• muger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Noun

muger f (plural mugeres)

1. Archaic spelling of mujer.