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

  1. fat, plump
  2. thick, dense
  3. (of taste) dull, insipid, not pungent
  4. (of wine) oily, rich, full-bodied
  5. (of land) fertile, rich
  6. (figuratively, of the mind) heavy, dull, stupid, obtuse
  7. (figuratively) bold, strong
  8. (figuratively) quiet, comfortable, easy
  9. (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 pinguium
dative pinguī pinguibus
accusative pinguem pingue pinguēs, pinguīs pinguia
ablative pinguī pinguibus
vocative pinguis pingue pinguēs pinguia

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • pinguiārius
  • pinguiculus
  • pinguitia

Descendants

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.)
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