pigritor

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Frequentative of pigror (I am slow”, “I hesitate): pigror +‎ -itor.

Pronunciation

Verb

pigritor (present infinitive pigritārī, perfect active pigritātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

  1. (Late Latin, intransitive) to be slow, sluggish, slothful, or tardy; to tarry

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Descendants

  • Italian: peritarsi
  • Romanian: pregeta

References

  • pī̆grĭtor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "PIGRITARE", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • pĭgrĭtor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,180/2.
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “pigritari et pigritare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 797/1