pigro

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

1. lazy

   Synonyms: fannullone, ozioso, sfaccendato, svogliato

Derived terms

• pigramente
• pigrizia
• impigrire

Descendants

• → Esperanto: pigra

Anagrams

• porgi

Latin

Etymology

From piger +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡroː/, [ˈpɪɡroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡro/, [ˈpiːɡro]

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

   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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		pigrāre			pigrārī			pigrāns			—
future		pigrātūrum esse			pigrātum īrī			pigrātūrus			pigrandus
perfect		pigrāvisse			pigrātum esse			—			pigrātus
future perfect		—			pigrātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		pigrātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		pigrandī		pigrandō		pigrandum		pigrandō		pigrātum		pigrātū

Related terms

• pigror
• pigritor

Adjective

pigrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of piger

References

• “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.