desidia

Latin

Etymology

From dēses.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈsi.di.a/, [deːˈsɪ.di.a]

Noun

dēsidia f (genitive dēsidiae); first declension

  1. idleness
  2. inactivity
  3. laziness, indolence, sloth
  4. retiring

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative dēsidia dēsidiae
genitive dēsidiae dēsidiārum
dative dēsidiae dēsidiīs
accusative dēsidiam dēsidiās
ablative dēsidiā dēsidiīs
vocative dēsidia dēsidiae

Derived terms

  • Vulgar Latin: *desidium

Descendants

References

  • desidia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desidia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desidia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsidia.

Noun

desidia f (plural desidias)

  1. negligence, inertia
  2. procrastination

Synonyms

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