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
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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

Descendants

  • Esperanto: pigra

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From piger +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

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.