algor

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin algor.

Noun

algor (uncountable)

1. 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., […]

Related terms

• algor mortis

Latin

Etymology

From algeō (“I am, feel cold”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈaɫ.ɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈal.ɡor]

Noun

algor m (genitive algōris); third declension

1. cold, chilliness

   Synonym: algus (ante-classical)

2. (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.

	singular	plural
nominative	algor	algōrēs
genitive	algōris	algōrum
dative	algōrī	algōribus
accusative	algōrem	algōrēs
ablative	algōre	algōribus
vocative	algor	algōrēs

Related terms

• algēns
• algeō
• algidus

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.