Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ-.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

piget (present infinitive pigēre, perfect active piguit or pigitum est); second conjugation

  1. (+ accusative of the person, + genitive of the cause of distress) to irk, pain, disgust, afflict, annoy, grieve, aggrieve
    Synonyms: pertaedet, taedet
    piget ignāviae tuaeyour laziness disgusts me
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.335–336:
      “[...] Nec mē meminisse pigēbit Elissae, / dum memor ipse meī, dum spīritus hōs regit artūs.”
      “Nor shall it [ever] grieve me to be mindful of Elissa, [not] while I have memory of myself, [not] while the breath of life [still] rules these limbs.”

Usage notes edit

  • Personal conjugation is very rare, and non-classical.
  • The impersonal form may take accusative of person and genitive of thing, an infinitive, an accusative and infinitive, or two accusatives.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of piget (second conjugation, impersonal, semi-deponent)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present piget
imperfect pigēbat
future pigēbit
perfect piguit,
pigitum est
pluperfect piguerat,
pigitum erat
future perfect piguerit,
pigitum erit
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pigeat
imperfect pigēret
perfect piguerit,
pigitum sit
pluperfect piguisset,
pigitum esset
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pigēre pigitum esse
participles pigēns pigitum pigendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pigendī pigendō pigendum pigendō

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Verb edit

piget

  1. (rare, non-Classical) third-person singular present active indicative of pigeō

References edit

  • piget”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • piget”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • piget in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • piget in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016