ληθαργία

See also: ληθαργίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, nominal abstract derivative suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛː.tʰaːr.ɡí.aː/ → /li.θarˈʝi.a/ → /li.θarˈʝi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛː.tʰaːr.ɡí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝.tʰarˈɡi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/

Noun

ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ • (lēthārgíā) f (genitive ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς); first declension (rare)

1. drowsiness, sleepiness

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ hē lēthārgíā	τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgíā	αἱ ληθᾱργῐ́αι hai lēthārgíai
Genitive	τῆς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tês lēthārgíās	τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgíain	τῶν ληθᾱργῐῶν tôn lēthārgiôn
Dative	τῇ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾳ têi lēthārgíāi	τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgíain	ταῖς ληθᾱργῐ́αις taîs lēthārgíais
Accusative	τὴν ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱν tḕn lēthārgíān	τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgíā	τᾱ̀ς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lēthārgíās
Vocative	ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgíā	ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgíā	ληθᾱργῐ́αι lēthārgíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: lēthārgia
  • Medieval Latin: litargia
    • → English: lethargy
  • → Catalan: letargia
  • → French: léthargie
  • → Italian: letargia

References

• “ληθαργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ληθαργία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ληθαργία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften