piget

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *peyǵ-.

Pronunciation

Verb

piget (present infinitive pigēre, perfect active piguit or pigitus est, supine pigitum); second conjugation, impersonal, optionally semi-deponent

  1. to irk, pain, disgust, afflict, annoy, grieve, aggrieve [with accusative ‘distressed person’ and genitive ‘cause of distress’]
    Synonyms: pertaedet, taedet
    piget ignāviae tuaeyour laziness disgusts me
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.335–336:
      “[...] Nec mē meminisse pigēbit Elissae, / dum memor ipse meī, dum spīritus hōs regit artūs.”
      “Nor shall it [ever] grieve me to be mindful of Elissa, [not] while I have memory of myself, [not] while the breath of life [still] rules these limbs.”

Usage notes

  • Personal conjugation is very rare, and non-classical.
  • The impersonal form may take accusative of person and genitive of thing, an infinitive, an accusative and infinitive, or two accusatives.

Conjugation

Derived terms

See also

Verb

piget

  1. (rare, non-Classical) third-person singular present active indicative of pigeō

References

  • piget”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • piget”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • piget in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • piget in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016