impiger

Latin

Alternative forms

• inpiger

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

Proto-Indo-European *peyg-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *pigrós?

Proto-Italic *pigros

Latin piger

Latin impiger

From in- + piger.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.pɪ.ɡɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pi.d͡ʒer]

Adjective

impiger (feminine impigra, neuter impigrum, adverb impigrē); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. active, energetic, diligent

   Synonyms: ācer, alacer, navus, strēnuus, vīvus

   Antonyms: sēgnis, deses, socors

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	impiger	impigra	impigrum		impigrī	impigrae	impigra
genitive	impigrī	impigrae	impigrī		impigrōrum	impigrārum	impigrōrum
dative	impigrō	impigrae	impigrō		impigrīs
accusative	impigrum	impigram	impigrum		impigrōs	impigrās	impigra
ablative	impigrō	impigrā	impigrō		impigrīs
vocative	impiger	impigra	impigrum		impigrī	impigrae	impigra

Derived terms

• impigritās

References

• “impiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “impiger”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “impiger”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.