pinguis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *pīngwis, from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”), maybe contaminated by *bʰenǵʰ- (“fat, thick”).
Cognate with German feist (“fat, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), English fat, Icelandic feitur (“fat”). See also pix (“pitch, tar, resin”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɪŋ.ɡʷɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpiŋ.ɡʷis]
Adjective
pinguis (neuter pingue, superlative pinguissimus); third-declension two-termination adjective
- fat, plump
- Synonyms: corpulentus, opīmus
- thick, dense
- (of a taste) dull, insipid, not pungent
- (of wine) oily, rich, full-bodied
- (of land) fertile, rich
- (figuratively) (of the mind) heavy, dull, stupid, obtuse
- (figuratively) bold, strong
- (figuratively) quiet, comfortable, easy
- (phonology) (of the sound /l/) velarized, dark
- Antonym: exīlis
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | pinguis | pingue | pinguēs | pinguia | |
| genitive | pinguis | pinguium | |||
| dative | pinguī | pinguibus | |||
| accusative | pinguem | pingue | pinguēs pinguīs |
pinguia | |
| ablative | pinguī | pinguibus | |||
| vocative | pinguis | pingue | pinguēs | pinguia | |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “pinguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pinguis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pinguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- with no intelligence or skill: crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)
- with no intelligence or skill: crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)