segniter

Latin

Etymology

sēgnis (“slow, tardy, torpid, inactive, unenergetic, lazy”) +‎ -ter

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseːɡ.ni.ter/, [ˈs̠eːŋnɪt̪ɛr]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈseɲ.ɲi.ter/, [ˈsɛɲːit̪er]

Adverb

sēgniter (comparative sēgnius, superlative sēgnissimē)

slowly, lazily

References

“segniter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“segniter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
segniter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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