I.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. 3, 3, 37: “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. 3, 3, 37: “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: 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: “factum id esse non negat, Neque se id pigere,” Ter. Heaut. prol. 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. 3, 3, 21: “pigere eum facti coepit,” Just. 12, 6, 5: “profecto vos hujus omnis injuriae pigeret,” App. M. 7, p. 199, 14.—
2. It makes one ashamed; I (thou, he, etc.) am ashamed: “fateri pigebat,” Liv. 8, 2 fin.; App. Mag. p. 296, 18.
