LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

pignerō

pignerō (present infinitive pignerāre, perfect active pignerāvī, supine pignerātum)
Classical[ˈpɪŋ.nɛ.roː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpiɲ.ɲe.ro]

Meaning

  1. to pledge, pawn, mortgage
  2. to guarantee, assure

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.pignerōpignerābampignerābōpignerāvīpignerāverampignerāverō
2nd sg.pignerāspignerābāspignerābispignerāvistīpignerāverāspignerāveris
3rd sg.pigneratpignerābatpignerābitpignerāvitpignerāveratpignerāverit
1st pl.pignerāmuspignerābāmuspignerābimuspignerāvimuspignerāverāmuspignerāverimus
2nd pl.pignerātispignerābātispignerābitispignerāvistispignerāverātispignerāveritis
3rd pl.pignerantpignerābantpignerābuntpignerāvērunt
pignerāvēre
pignerāverantpignerāverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.pignerempignerārempignerāverimpignerāvissem
2nd sg.pignerēspignerārēspignerāverīspignerāvissēs
3rd sg.pigneretpignerāretpignerāveritpignerāvisset
1st pl.pignerēmuspignerārēmuspignerāverīmuspignerāvissēmus
2nd pl.pignerētispignerārētispignerāverītispignerāvissētis
3rd pl.pignerentpignerārentpignerāverintpignerāvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.pignerorpignerābarpignerābor
2nd sg.pignerāris
pignerāre
pignerābāris
pignerābāre
pignerāberis
pignerābere
3rd sg.pignerāturpignerābāturpignerābitur
1st pl.pignerāmurpignerābāmurpignerābimur
2nd pl.pignerāminīpignerābāminīpignerābiminī
3rd pl.pigneranturpignerābanturpignerābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.pignererpignerārer
2nd sg.pignerēris
pignerēre
pignerārēris
pignerārēre
3rd sg.pignerēturpignerārētur
1st pl.pignerēmurpignerārēmur
2nd pl.pignerēminīpignerārēminī
3rd pl.pignerenturpignerārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.pignerāpignerāre
pres. 2nd pl.pignerātepignerāminī
fut. 2nd sg.pignerātōpignerātor
fut. 3rd sg.pignerātōpignerātor
fut. 2nd pl.pignerātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.pignerantōpignerantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivepignerārepignerārī
perfect infinitivepignerāvissepignerātum esse
future infinitivepignerātūrum essepignerātum īrī
present participlepignerāns—
perfect participle—pignerātus
future participlepignerātūruspignerandus
gerundpignerandī, pignerandō, pignerandumsupinepignerātum, pignerātū

Lewis & Short A Latin Dictionary, 1879

pignĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. pignus,
I. to give as a pledge, to pledge, pawn, mortgage.
I. Lit.: unionem, Suet. Vit. 7: bona tantum, quae publicari poterant, pigneranda poenae praebebant, furnished as security for the penalty, i. e. left to be confiscated, Liv. 29, 36: cujus et alveolos et laenam pignerat Atreus, which the poet Rubrenus, while he was writing the Atreus, was compelled by necessity to pawn, Juv. 7, 73: ancilla pignerata, Dig. 40, 5, 46: vestimenta pignorata, Vulg. Amos, 2, 8.—
II. Trop.
A. To pledge one's life, etc.: velut obsidibus datis pigneratos habere animos, Liv. 24, 1.—
B. To bind a person or thing to one's self, to make one's own: pignerare aliquem sibi beneficio, App. M. 3, p. 134, 32: optimates viros curiae suae, Naz. Pan. ad Const. 35.—With se, to pledge one's self: se cenae alicujus, to promise to dine with one, App. M. 3, p. 139, 4; 11, p. 269, 25.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pignerō From pignus + -ō.

Borrowings
  • Catalanpignorar
  • Italianpignorare
  • Spanishpignorar
  • Englishpignorate
Italo-Romance
  • Italianpegnorare
  • Sicilianpignorari
Gallo-Romance
  • Catalanpenyorar

Quick answers

What does pignerō mean in Latin?
pignerō, a verb, means “to pledge, pawn, mortgage; to guarantee, assure”.
What are the principal parts of pignerō?
pignerō, pignerāre, pignerāvī, pignerātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce pignerō?
In classical Latin, [ˈpɪŋ.nɛ.roː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈpiɲ.ɲe.ro].