aegre

See also: ægre

Latin

Etymology

From aeger (“ill, difficult, reluctant”) +‎ -ē (“adverbial suffix”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯.ɡreː/, [ˈäe̯ɡreː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ɡre/, [ˈɛːɡre]

Adverb

aegrē (comparative aegrius, superlative aegerrimē)

1. scarcely, hardly, painfully

   Synonym: vix

   Antonym: facile

2. reluctantly, uncomfortably

References

• “aegre”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “aegre”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aegre in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be scarcely able to restrain one's laughter: risum aegre continere posse
    
  • I am pained, vexed, sorry: aegre, graviter, moleste fero aliquid (or with Acc. c. Inf. or quod)
    
  • to be discontented, vexed at a thing; to chafe: aegre, graviter, moleste, indigne ferre aliquid