pigro
Italian
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin piger, pigrum. Cf. also peritarsi, which was inherited from a derivative verb pīgritārī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpiɡ.ro/
Adjective
pigro (feminine singular pigra, masculine plural pigri, feminine plural pigre)
- lazy
- Synonyms: fannullone, ozioso, sfaccendato, svogliato
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Esperanto: pigra
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpiː.ɡroː/
Inflection
Adjective
pigrō
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
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