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pigeo

pigeo, annoy

pĭgĕo, gŭi, and pĭgĭtum est, 2, v. a. [root pik-, to be angry; cf.: peccare, pejor (for pec-ior), pessimus (contr. from pējessimus); Gr. πικρός, bitter], to feel annoyance or reluctance at; to repent of a thing.
  • I As a verb. pers. (very rare): pudet quod turpe est; piget quod dolet, Donat. ap. Ter. Ad. 391: poscis ab invitā verba pigenda lyra, Prop. 5, 1, 74.—
  • II Piget, piguit, or pigitum est, third pers. sing. impers., it irks, troubles, displeases, chagrins, afflicts, grieves, disgusts one; I (thou, he, etc.), dislike, loathe, etc.; with acc. of the person and gen. of the thing; with inf.; with acc. and inf.; with two acc.; absol., etc. (cf. taedet).—With acc. and gen.: mea mater, tui me miseret, mei piget, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 31, 66 (Trag. v. 82): dolet pudetque Graium me et vero piget, id. ap. Non. 424, 3: hortari pudet, non prodesse id piget, id. ib. 424, 4: pudet pigetque mei me, id. Turp. 424, 5: fratris me quidem Piget pudetque, Ter. Ad. 391: dum me civitatis morum piget taedetque, Sall. J. 4, 9.—With subject-clause: non dedisse ipsum pudet; me, quia non accepi, piget, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 47 (276): nisi forte pudet aut piget recte facere, Sall. Or. contr. Lep. med.: nam postea quae fecerit incertum habeo, pudeat magis an pigeat disserere, id. J. 95, 4: longos castrorum ferre dolores si piget, Juv. 14, 199: neque enim me piguit quaerere, Petr. 127: ut Silanum non piguerit sententiam suam interpretatione lenire, Suet. Caes. 14: nec pigitum parvos lares ... subire, Sil. 7, 173; Auct. ap. Gell. 13, 21: non te pigeat visitare infirmum, Vulg. Ecclus. 7, 39.—With neutr. pron.: illud quod piget, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 47 (276): factum id esse non negat, Neque se id pigere, Ter. Heaut. 18.—Absol.: oratione multitudo ad misericordiam inducitur, ad pudendum, ad pigendum, Cic. Brut. 50, 188.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 For poenitet, it repents one; I (thou, he, etc.) repent (ante- and post-class.): pigere interdum pro tardari, interdum pro poenitere poni solet, Fest. p. 213 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 212 ib.: ne quid plus minusve faxit, quod nos post pigeat, Ter. Phorm. 554: pigere eum facti coepit, Just. 12, 6, 5: profecto vos hujus omnis injuriae pigeret, Ap. Met. 7, 25, 26.—
      • 2 It makes one ashamed; I (thou, he, etc.) am ashamed: fateri pigebat, Liv. 8, 2 fin.; Ap. Apol. p. 296, 18.

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