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Latin
Etymology
From pig(eō) + -uus, from Proto-Indo-European *piǵwós, from *peyǵ- + *-wós.
Pronunciation
Adjective
piguus (feminine pigua, neuter piguum); first/second-declension adjective
- indolent
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
References
- “piguus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- piguus 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)
- piguus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.