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agger
Word definitions for agger in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An agger is an ancient Roman embankment or rampart, or any artificial elevation. It is a Latin word. The agger was an embankment that gave Roman roads the proper draining base. Basically the agger is a ridge that supports the road surface. The agger was ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again. 2 A low tide in which the water recedes to a given level, rises, and then recedes again. 3 In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound; a raised work.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Agger \Ag"ger\, n. [L., a mound, fr. aggerere to bear to a place, heap up; ad + gerere to bear.] An earthwork; a mound; a raised work. [Obs.] --Hearne.
Usage examples of agger.
Tum crebris diurnis nocturnisque eruptionibus aut aggeri ignem inferebant aut milites occupatos in opere adoriebantur, et nostrarum turrium altitudinem, quantum has cotidianus agger expresserat, commissis suarum turrium malis adaequabant, et apertos cuniculos praeusta et praeacuta materia et pice fervefacta et maximi ponderis saxis morabantur moenibusque appropinquare prohibebant.
Esquiline near the Agger for a rent he could just afford: three thousand sesterces a year.