pigro

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.