pigror

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡror/, [ˈpɪɡrɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡror/, [ˈpiːɡror]

Etymology 1

From piger +‎ -or.

Noun

pigror m (genitive pigrōris); third declension

1. (pre-Classical, hapax) sluggishness
   • c. 165 BCE – 103 BCE, Gaius Lucilius, Satires frag.10.391:

     langvor obrēpsitque pigror torporque quiētis

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pigror	pigrōrēs
Genitive	pigrōris	pigrōrum
Dative	pigrōrī	pigrōribus
Accusative	pigrōrem	pigrōrēs
Ablative	pigrōre	pigrōribus
Vocative	pigror	pigrōrēs

Related terms

• dolēns
• dolenter
• doleō
• prō dolor

 

Etymology 2

Verb

pigror

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of pigrō

References

• “pigror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pigror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pigror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.