agger

[ aj-er ]

noun

1. Also called dou·ble tide [duhb, -, uh, l , tahyd]. Oceanography.
   1. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.
   2. a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
2. (in ancient Roman building) an earthen mound or rampart, especially one having no revetment.

agger

/ ˈædʒə /

noun

1. an earthwork or mound forming a rampart, esp in a Roman military camp

Word History and Origins

Origin of agger¹

1350–1400; Middle English: heap, pile < Latin: rubble, mound, rampart, equivalent to ag- ag- + -ger, base of gerere to carry, bring

Word History and Origins

Origin of agger¹

C14: from Latin agger a heap, from ad- to + gerere to carry, bring

Example Sentences

This grand agger can be traced almost in its entire extent, as also the smaller aggers.

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Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa.

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Back to back with the equites extraordinarii are the infantry of the same, facing the agger at the rear of the whole camp.

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In this case the shape of the camp becomes an oblong, the area double, and the length of the entire agger half as much again.

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But the Romans had two words, agger the embankment, and vallum the palisading on the top of it.

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