Italian edit

Etymology edit

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin pigrum. See also peritarsi, which was inherited from a derivative verb pīgritārī.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ɡro/
  • Rhymes: -iɡro
  • Hyphenation: pì‧gro
  • (file)

Adjective edit

pigro (feminine pigra, masculine plural pigri, feminine plural pigre, superlative pigrissimo)

  1. lazy
    Synonyms: fannullone, ozioso, sfaccendato, svogliato

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Esperanto: pigra

Anagrams edit

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From piger +‎ .

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

pigrō (present infinitive pigrāre, perfect active pigrāvī, supine pigrātum); first conjugation

  1. to be indolent, slow, dilatory
  2. to hesitate

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of pigrō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pigrō pigrās pigrat pigrāmus pigrātis pigrant
imperfect pigrābam pigrābās pigrābat pigrābāmus pigrābātis pigrābant
future pigrābō pigrābis pigrābit pigrābimus pigrābitis pigrābunt
perfect pigrāvī pigrāvistī pigrāvit pigrāvimus pigrāvistis pigrāvērunt,
pigrāvēre
pluperfect pigrāveram pigrāverās pigrāverat pigrāverāmus pigrāverātis pigrāverant
future perfect pigrāverō pigrāveris pigrāverit pigrāverimus pigrāveritis pigrāverint
passive present pigror pigrāris,
pigrāre
pigrātur pigrāmur pigrāminī pigrantur
imperfect pigrābar pigrābāris,
pigrābāre
pigrābātur pigrābāmur pigrābāminī pigrābantur
future pigrābor pigrāberis,
pigrābere
pigrābitur pigrābimur pigrābiminī pigrābuntur
perfect pigrātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect pigrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect pigrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pigrem pigrēs pigret pigrēmus pigrētis pigrent
imperfect pigrārem pigrārēs pigrāret pigrārēmus pigrārētis pigrārent
perfect pigrāverim pigrāverīs pigrāverit pigrāverīmus pigrāverītis pigrāverint
pluperfect pigrāvissem pigrāvissēs pigrāvisset pigrāvissēmus pigrāvissētis pigrāvissent
passive present pigrer pigrēris,
pigrēre
pigrētur pigrēmur pigrēminī pigrentur
imperfect pigrārer pigrārēris,
pigrārēre
pigrārētur pigrārēmur pigrārēminī pigrārentur
perfect pigrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect pigrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present pigrā pigrāte
future pigrātō pigrātō pigrātōte pigrantō
passive present pigrāre pigrāminī
future pigrātor pigrātor pigrantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives pigrāre pigrāvisse pigrātūrum esse pigrārī pigrātum esse pigrātum īrī
participles pigrāns pigrātūrus pigrātus pigrandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
pigrandī pigrandō pigrandum pigrandō pigrātum pigrātū

Related terms edit

Adjective edit

pigrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of piger

References edit

  • pigro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pigro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette