in Roman antiquity, a certain portion of land allowed to each citizen. See AGRARIAN LAW.

is also used by middle-age writers, for an acre of land. See ACRE.

AGER mineralium, among chemists, signifies the element of water, as water is supposed to be the origin of minerals.

AGER nature, a name sometimes applied to the uterus, as it nourishes the semen in the same manner as the earth nourishes seeds.

in geography, a small town of Catalonia in Spain, situated near the source of the river Noguera.