rigor
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin rigor (“stiffness, rigidity, rigor, cold, harshness”), from rigere (“to be rigid”).
Noun
rigor (countable and uncountable, plural rigors)
- US spelling of rigour
- (slang) an abbreviated form of rigor mortis.
- 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 4, paragraph 3
- Heat always upped the rate at which rigor gripped a corpse.
- 2005, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Pashazade, page 4, paragraph 3
Italian
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈri.ɡor/, [ˈrɪ.ɡɔr]
Noun
rigor m (genitive rigōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rigor | rigōrēs |
Genitive | rigōris | rigōrum |
Dative | rigōrī | rigōribus |
Accusative | rigōrem | rigōrēs |
Ablative | rigōre | rigōribus |
Vocative | rigor | rigōrēs |
Derived terms
- rigōrātus
Descendants
References
- rigor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- rigor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- rigor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- rigor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- rigor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Old French
Portuguese
Noun
rigor m (plural rigores)
- rigour (higher level of difficulty)
- rigour (severity or strictness)
- rigidity; inflexibility
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rîɡor/
- Hyphenation: ri‧gor
Declension
Declension of rigor
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | rigor |
genitive | rigora |
dative | rigoru |
accusative | rigor |
vocative | rigore |
locative | rigoru |
instrumental | rigorom |
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