adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)
impiger
impiger (feminine impigra, neuter impigrum, adverb impigrē)
Classical[ˈɪm.pɪ.ɡɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈim.pi.d͡ʒer]
Meaning
- adjectiveactive, energetic, diligent
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōn piger, strēnuusimpiger -gra -grum — in IVLIANVS III: Persia, ch. 2
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | in -er impiger | impigra | impigrum |
| genitive | impigrī | impigrae | impigrī |
| dative | impigrō | impigrae | impigrō |
| accusative | impigrum | impigram | impigrum |
| ablative | impigrō | impigrā | impigrō |
| vocative | impiger | impigra | impigrum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | impigrī | impigrae | impigra |
| genitive | impigrōrum | impigrārum | impigrōrum |
| dative | impigrīs | impigrīs | impigrīs |
| accusative | impigrōs | impigrās | impigra |
| ablative | impigrīs | impigrīs | impigrīs |
| vocative | impigrī | impigrae | impigra |
impĭger (inp-), gra, grum, adj. 2. inpiger,
I. not indolent, diligent, active, quick, unwearied, indefatigable, energetic (class.; cf.:
laboriosus, navus, industrius): se praebebat patientem atque impigrum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27: in scribendo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1: vir ad labores belli, id. Font. 15, 33: ceciditque in strage suorum, Impiger ad letum, Luc. 4, 798: impiger manu, Tac. A. 3, 20: mercator, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 45: Appulus, id. C. 3, 16, 26: Hercules, id. ib. 4, 8, 30: impiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer, id. A. P. 121: equus, Lucr. 5, 883; Hor. C. 4, 3, 4: Jugurtha ut erat impigro atque acri ingenio, Sall. J. 7, 4: impigrae mentis experientia, Lucr. 5, 1452: impigrae linguae, ignavi animi, Sall. Or. Licin. ad Pleb. med.: militia, Liv. 3, 5, 15.— With a partitive gen.: impiger fluminum Rhodanus, i. e. the swiftest, Flor. 3, 2, 4.— With a respective gen.: Quirinus impiger militiae, Tac. A. 3, 48.—With inf.: impiger hostium vexare turmas, Hor. C. 4, 14, 22; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 240. — Adv.: impĭgrē, actively, quickly, readily: ut de nocte multa impigreque exsurrexi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 10; cf. id. ib. 19: Marius impigre prudenterque suorum et hostium res pariter attendere, Sall. J. 88, 2: impigre se movere, Liv. 1, 10, 3: consulem impigre milites secuti sunt, id. 2, 47, 2: impigre promissum auxilium, id. 3, 8, 4.— Comp. and sup. in the adj. and adv. seem not to occur.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
impiger (in-p-) gra, grum, adj.,
not indolent, diligent, active, quick, unwearied, indefatigable, energetic: mercator, H.: ingenium, S.: in scribendo: ad labores: militiā, L.: militiae, Ta.: hostium Vexare turmas, H.: Impiger constitit, i. e. after a rapid flight, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Italic*n̥-
- Latinimpiger
Latin piger Latin impiger From in- + piger.