A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

aeger, aegra, aegrum (adj.A), gen. sg. aegri, aegrae, aegri, nom. pl. aegri, aegrae, aegra, abl. pl. aegris, aegris, aegris: sick, ill, diseased; compar. aegrior,-ius (adj.B); (of the mind) troubled, anxious, dejected; with abl. and ab; weak, feeble; unfortunate; see diseased;

- (sick plants) seges aegra, diseased corn or wheat field; aegra arbor, a diseased tree; vitis aegra, a diseased vine.

NOTE: the second "e" is elided in all cases except the masculine nominative singular.

Aeger, gen.sg. aegri (s.m.II), acc.sg. aegrum, nom.pl. aegri, gen.pl. aegrorum: a sick person, patient, invalid, a sick person;

- De utilitate explorandorum in aegris excrementorum ut signorum (The Utility of Examining Signs of Disease in the Excrement of the Sick): Hermann Boerhaave (1668-1738), a Dutch botany professor.