pinguis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“fat”), maybe contaminated by *bʰenǵʰ- (“fat, thick”). Cognate with German feist (“fatted, plump, obese”). Related also to Dutch vet (“fat”), German fett (“fat, corpulent”), English fat, Icelandic feitur (“fat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpin.ɡʷis/, [ˈpɪŋ.ɡᶣɪs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpin.ɡwis/, [ˈpiŋ.ɡwis]
Audio (classical) (file)
Adjective
pinguis (neuter pingue); third declension
- fat, plump
- thick, dense
- (of taste) dull, insipid, not pungent
- (of wine) oily, rich, full-bodied
- (of land) fertile, rich
- (figuratively, of the mind) heavy, dull, stupid, obtuse
- (figuratively) bold, strong
- (figuratively) quiet, comfortable, easy
- (phonology) of the sound l, velarized (cf. dark l)
- Antonym: exīlis
Inflection
Third declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | pinguis | pingue | pinguēs | pinguia | |
Genitive | pinguis | pinguis | pinguium | pinguium | |
Dative | pinguī | pinguī | pinguibus | pinguibus | |
Accusative | pinguem | pingue | pinguēs, pinguīs | pinguia | |
Ablative | pinguī | pinguī | pinguibus | pinguibus | |
Vocative | pinguis | pingue | pinguēs | pinguia |
Derived terms
References
- pinguis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pinguis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pinguis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- with no intelligence or skill: crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)
- with no intelligence or skill: crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)
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