acedia

See also: acedía

English

Etymology

From Latin acēdia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈsiːdɪə/

Noun

acedia (uncountable)

spiritual or mental sloth.
apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference
boredom

Synonyms

(spiritual or mental sloth): accedie, ennui, weltschmerz

Translations

sloth

Bulgarian: мързел (bg) (mǎrzel)
French: acédie (fr) f

Greek: οκνηρία (el) f (okniría)
Italian: accidia (it) f

apathy

Bulgarian: апатия (bg) (apatija), незаинтересованост (bg) (nezainteresovanost)

Italian: apatia (it) f

boredom — see boredom

Anagrams

aeacid

Latin

Alternative forms

accīdia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”), which is derived from κῆδος (kêdos, “care, accuracy”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkeː.di.a/

Noun

acēdia f (genitive acēdiae); first declension

sloth, torpor

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	acēdia	acēdiae
genitive	acēdiae	acēdiārum
dative	acēdiae	acēdiīs
accusative	acēdiam	acēdiās
ablative	acēdiā	acēdiīs
vocative	acēdia	acēdiae

Descendants

Italian: accidia
Portuguese: acédia

References

acedia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

↑ “accidia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

Portuguese

Verb

acedia

first-person singular imperfect of aceder
third-person singular imperfect of aceder

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