grūm-

grōmātĭcus ( grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

Adj.:

disciplina,

Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

Subst.: grōmā-tĭca ( grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

grōmātĭcus ( grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

Adj.:

disciplina,

Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

Subst.: grōmā-tĭca ( grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

grōmātĭcus ( grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

Adj.:

disciplina,

Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

Subst.: grōmā-tĭca ( grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

grōmātĭcus ( grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

Adj.:

disciplina,

Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

Subst.: grōmā-tĭca ( grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

grōmātĭcus ( grūm-), a, um, adj. [groma], of or belonging to field-surveying or castrametation.

Adj.:

disciplina,

Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

Subst.: grōmā-tĭca ( grūm-), ae, f., the art of field-surveying or castrametation, Cassiod. Varr. 3, 52.—

grōmātĭci, ōrum, m., writers on field-surveying, Hyg. de Mun. Castr. § 12.

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aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

aeger, gra, grum, adj. [Curtius proposes to connect it with ep-eigô, to press, drive; aigis, storm-wind; aiges, waves; and Sanscr. egāmi, to tremble; trembling, shaking, being a common symptom of illness], designates indisposition, as well of mind as of body (while aegrotus is generally used only of physical disease; class.; in Cic. far more frequent than aegrotus; Celsus uses only aeger, never aegrotus).

Lit., of the body, ill, sick, unwell, diseased, suffering.

Of men:

homines aegri morbo gravi,

Cic. Cat. 1, 13:

graviter aegrum fuisse,

id. Div. 1, 25; id. Tusc. 2, 25, 61:

infirma atque aegra valetudo,

id. Brut. 48 fin.:

aegro corpore esse,

id. ad Quir. 1 fin.:

ex vulnere,

id. Rep. 2, 21:

vulneribus,

Nep. Milt. 7:

pedibus,

Sall. C. 59, 4; so Liv. 42, 28; Tac. H. 3, 38;

Wernsd. Poët. L. Min. 6, 197, 8: stomachus,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 43:

anhelitus,

shortness of breath, Verg. A. 5, 432.—At a later period constr. with gen. or acc.:

Psyche aegra corporis, animi saucia,

App. M. 4, 86, p. 310 Oud. (cf. id. ib. 5, 102, p. 360 Oud.: Psyche corporis et animi alioquin infirma; and Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 725 P.:

inops, aegra sanitatis, where, however, Bothe suspects aegra to be a gloss.): memini, me quondam pedes tunc graviter aegrum,

Gell. 19, 10.—Subst., a sick person, Cic. Div. 2, 3:

ne aegri quidem omnes convalescunt,

id. N. D. 2, 4: aegro adhibere medicinam, id. de Or. 2, 44, 186:

vicinum funus aegros exanimat,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 126:

ungebant oleo multos aegros,

Vulg. Marc. 6, 16; ib. Act. 5, 16. —Hence, ab aegris servus, an attendant on the sick, a nurse (cf. ab):

D. M. SEXTORIO AVG. LIB. AB AEGRIS CVBICVLARIORVM,

Inscr. Orell. 2886.—

Of brutes:

sues aegri,

Verg. G. 3, 496; so Col. 6, 5, 1:

avidos inlidit in aegrum Cornipedem cursus,

i. e. wounded, Stat. Th. 11, 517.—

Of plants, diseased:

seges aegra,

Verg. A. 3, 142:

aegra arbor,

Pall. Febr. 25, 23:

vitis,

id. Mart. 7, 4.—

Fig.

Of the mind, troubled, anxious, dejected, sad, sorrowful, etc., of any agitation of the passions or feelings, of love, hope, fear, anxiety, sorrow:

aeger animus,

Sall. J. 74:

aegris animis legati superveniunt,

Liv. 2, 3, 5; cf.

Drak. ad h. l.: scribendi cacoëthes aegro in corde senescit,

Juv. 7, 52: aegri mortales, i. e. miseri (deiloi brotoi, oizuroi, poluponoi), Verg. A. 2, 268; constr. with abl., gen., and ab.

With abl.: Medea animo aegra, amore saevo saucia, Enn. ap. Cic. Cael. 8 (the later edd. animo aegro, as B. and K.):

animus aeger avaritiā,

Sall. J. 31:

amore,

Liv. 30, 11:

curis,

Verg. A. 1, 208 al. —

With gen. of respect (cf. Drak. ad Liv. 30, 15, 9; Rudd. II. p. 73; and Roby, II. § 1321): aeger consilii, infirm in purpose, Sall. Fragm. ap. Arusian, p. 212 Lind., and Stat. Th. 9, 141:

animi,

Liv. 1, 58; 2, 36; Curt. 4, 3, 11.— Of cause:

rerum temere motarum,

Flor. 3, 17, 9:

morae,

Luc. 7, 240:

delicti,

Sil. 13, 52:

pericli,

id. 15, 135:

timoris,

id. 3, 72.—

With ab:

A morbo valui, ab animo aeger fui,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 26.—

Trop., of a diseased condition of the state, suffering, weak, feeble:

maxime aegra et prope deposita rei publicae pars,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2:

qui et semper aegri aliquid esse in re publica volunt,

Liv. 5, 3; Flor. 3, 23 al.— Of the eyes, evil, envious:

recentem aliorum felicitatem aegris oculis introspicere,

Tac. H. 2, 20 (Halm here reads acribus). —Of abstr. things, sad, sorrowful, grievous, unfortunate (class., but for the most part poet.):

numquam quidquam meo animo fuit aegrius,

Plaut. Am. 3, 2, 29 (where aegrius may be the adv.;

v. aegre below): dolores aegri,

Lucr. 3, 905:

luctus,

id. 3, 933:

amor,

Verg. G. 4, 464:

mors,

id. ib. 3, 512:

spes,

i. e. faint, slight hope, Sil. 9, 543:

fides,

wavering, id. 2, 392 al. —As subst.: aegrum, i, n.:

plus aegri ex abitu viri quam ex adventu voluptatis cepi,

more pain, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 11:

sed cui nihil accidit aegri,

Lucr. 5, 171.— Adv.: aegrē.— Lit.

Object.

Uncomfortably:

nescio quid meo animost aegre,

disturbs my mind, vexes, annoys me, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; so, aegre esse alicui, often in Plaut. and Ter. (like bene or male esse alicui); Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 26; id. Capt. 3, 5, 43; Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 63 al.; cf.

opp. volupe, volup: si illis aegrest, mihi quod volup est,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 152.— Absol.:

aegre est,

Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 57.—Also:

aegre facere alicui,

to vex, hurt, Plaut. Cas. 3, 4, 17; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31; and:

aegre audire aliquid ex aliquo,

any thing annoying, disagreeable, id. Hec. 5, 1, 39.—

With difficulty or effort (opp. facile):

omnis conglutinatio recens aegre, inveterata facile divellitur,

Cic. de Sen. 20, 72; cf.:

inveteratio, ut in corporibus, aegrius depellitur quam perturbatio,

id. Tusc. 4, 37, 81; and:

omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrime desinere,

Sall. J. 83, 1:

nec magis versutus nec quo ab caveas aegrius,

Plaut. As. 1, 1, 106:

aegre rastris terram rimantur,

Verg. G. 3, 534 al.:

non aegre persequi iter,

Col. 9, 8, 9; so,

haud aegre,

Curt. 4, 3, 10; 10, 8, 22. —More freq.,

= vix, Gr. mogis, hardly, scarcely:

aegre nimis risum continui,

Plaut. As. 3, 2, 36:

aegre me tenui,

Cic. Att. 16, 11:

aegre fero, v. fero: aegre abstinere quin, etc.,

Liv. 2, 45:

aegre stantes,

Tac. Agr. 36 al. —Hence often vix aegreque in connection, Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 27; Flor. 2, 10; Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7; id. S. 1, 7; App. M. 1, p. 111.—

Subject., with grief, regret, displeasure, or dislike, unwillingly, reluctantly: discessit, aegre ferens, distempered, vexed (opp. laetus), Cic. Div. 1, 33 fin.:

aegre pati,

Liv. 1, 9 et saep.:

aegre tolerare,

Tac. Agr. 13:

si alibi plus perdiderim, minus aegre habeam, i. e. feram,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 16:

aegre carere,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 5, 13. — Comp.:

quod aegrius patimur,

Liv. 7, 13: aegrius accipere, Tac. Ann. 4, 71.— Sup.:

aegerrime ferre,

Sall. J. 87: aegerrime pati Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 105.

flā̆grum, i, n. [cf.: fligo, af-fligo, etc. and flagellum], a whip, scourge, lash (syn.: verber, scutica, flagellum).

Lit., Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 10; id. Cas. 1, 35; id. Merc. 2, 3, 81; Liv. 28, 11, 6; Suet. Oth. 2; Juv. 5, 173; Dig. 47, 10, 9 al.—

Transf.:

ad sua qui domitos deduxit flagra Quirites,

i. e. to servitude, Juv. 10, 109.—As a term of reproach applied to a slave: Gymnasium flagri, salve, School for the scourge, i. e. on whom the scourge is often tried, Plaut. As. 2, 2, 31: lassitudo conservum, rediviae flagri, i. e. whose skin is cut up by the lash, Titin. ap. Fest. s. v. redivia, p. 270, 20 Müll.

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.

nĭger, gra, grum ( gen. fem. nigraï, Lucr. 4, 537; comp. nigrior, Ov. H. 18, 7), adj., black, sable, dark, dusky (cf.: ater, pullus).

Lit.:

quae alba sint, quae nigra, dicere,

Cic. Div. 2, 3, 9:

quamvis ille niger, quamvis tu candidus esses,

Verg. E. 2, 16:

hederae nigrae,

id. G. 2, 258:

silvae (= umbrosae),

Hor. C. 1, 21, 7:

frons,

id. ib. 4, 4, 58:

collis,

id. ib. 4, 12, 11:

lucus,

Ov. F. 3, 295 (for which atrum nemus, Verg. A. 1, 165):

caelum pice nigrius,

Ov. H. 18, 7:

nigerrimus Auster,

i. e. causing darkness, Verg. G. 3, 278; so,

venti,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 7:

Eurus,

id. Epod. 10, 5:

nigros efferre maritos,

i. e. killed by poison, Juv. 1, 71; cf.:

pocula nigra,

poisoned, Prop. 2, 20, 68 (3, 23, 10).—Prov.: facere candida de nigris;

nigra in candida vertere,

to turn black into white, Juv. 3, 29; cf. Ov. M. 11, 315.— Subst.: nĭgrum, i, n., a black spot, Ov. A. A. 1, 291.—

Trop.

Of or pertaining to death:

nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium (= lugubris rogi),

of the funeral pile, Hor. C. 4, 12, 26:

hora,

Tib. 3, 5, 5:

dies,

the day of death, Prop. 2 (3), 19, 19:

Juppiter niger,

i. e. Pluto, Sen. Herc. Oet. 1705.—

Sad, mournful:

domus,

Stat. S. 5, 1, 18; Val. Fl. 3, 404.—

Unlucky, ill-omened: huncine solem Tam nigrum surrexe mihi? Hor. S. 1, 9, 72; Prop. 2, 21, 38 (3, 25, 4): lapis, the spot in the Comitium where Romulus or one of his adherents was slain, Paul. ex Fest. p. 177 Müll.—

Of character, black, bad, wicked:

Phormio, nec minus niger, nec minus confidens, quam ille Terentianus est Phormio,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 27:

hic niger est, hunc tu, Romane, caveto,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 85.

Nĭger, gri, m., a Roman surname:

Aquilius Niger,

Suet. Aug. 11.

Nĭger, gris, m., a river in Africa, Mart. Cap. 6, § 673; v. Nigris.

pĭger, gra, grum (late Lat. collat. form of sup. pigrissimus, Tert. Exhort. ad Castit. 13), adj. [piget].

Lit., unwilling, reluctant, averse (rare):

gens pigerrima ad militaria opera,

Liv. 21, 25, 6:

pigriores ad facinus,

id. 39, 13, 11:

pigriores ad cetera munia exequenda,

Curt. 6, 9, 29: ad litteras scribendas pigerrimus, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 1:

ad conatus magnos piger,

Sen. Ira, 3, 3, 1.—

Transf.

Backward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, inactive (of persons and things).

With in and abl.:

interdum piger, interdum timidus in re militari videbare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 1.—

Absol.:

taurus ipsā mole piger,

Juv. 12, 12:

mare pigrum ac prope immotum,

i. e. flowing slowly, sluggish, Tac. G. 45:

pigrum mare et grave,

id. Agr. 10:

palus,

Ov. P. 4, 10, 61:

annus,

that moves lazily, passes slowly, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 21:

bellum,

that advances slowly, Ov. F. 2, 727:

campus,

unfruitful, Hor. C. 1, 22, 17:

pigriora sunt ista remedia,

operate too slowly, Col. 2, 17, 3.—Prov.:

vult et non vult piger,

Vulg. Prov. 13, 4:

dicit piger, leo est in viā,

id. ib. 26, 13:

pigrā munire castra dolabrā,

lazily handled, Juv. 8, 248. —

With gen. ( poet.):

militiae piger et malus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 124:

pericli,

Sil. 14, 264:

serpit Arar per rura pigerrimus undae,

id. 15, 504.—

With inf. ( poet.):

piger scribendi ferre laborem,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 12 (cf. the opp.:

impiger hostium Vexare turmas,

id. C. 4, 14, 22).— Absol.:

pigrum et iners videtur sudore adquirere quod possis sanguine parare,

Tac. G. 14 fin. —Hence, poet. transf.,

Sluggish, i. e. that makes sluggish, benumbing:

sopor,

Cat. 63, 37:

frigora,

Tib. 1, 2, 29:

senecta,

id. 1, 10, 40.—

Dull, dispirited, dejected, sad ( poet. and in postclass. prose):

vultus,

Mart. 2, 11, 3:

pigrum aliquem facere,

id. 10, 104, 15:

piger tristisque,

App. M. 4, p. 157 fin. —

Dull, unfeeling ( poet.):

hinc fessos subrepsit in artus Insidiosa quies et pigrae oblivio vitae,

Stat. S. 1, 4, 56 sq.; cf.:

indigna est pigro forma perire situ,

Ov. Am. 2, 3, 14.—Hence, adv.: pĭgrē, slowly, sluggishly (post-Aug.):

in servitutem transiens,

Sen. Ira, 3, 17:

pigre ac segniter agere,

Col. 7, 5, 3.— Comp.:

pigrius,

Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 105; Luc. 5, 434.