lethargia
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgíā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, adjectival suffix).
Pronunciation edit
- lēthārgia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]
- lēthārgiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]
Noun edit
lēthārgia f (genitive lēthārgiae); first declension (Late Latin)
- Lethargy, drowsiness.
- Synonym: somnolentia
Inflection edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lēthārgia | lēthārgiae |
Genitive | lēthārgiae | lēthārgiārum |
Dative | lēthārgiae | lēthārgiīs |
Accusative | lēthārgiam | lēthārgiās |
Ablative | lēthārgiā | lēthārgiīs |
Vocative | lēthārgia | lēthārgiae |
Descendants edit
Descendants of lethargia in other languages
References edit
- “lethargia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lethargia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.