lethargia

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgíā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation
  • lēthārgia: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]
  • lēthārgiā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]

Noun

lēthārgia f (genitive lēthārgiae); first declension (Late Latin)

  1. Lethargy, drowsiness.
    Synonym: somnolentia

Inflection

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
Descendants of lethargia in other languages
  • → Catalan: letargia
  • → French: léthargie
  • → Italian: letargia
  • Medieval Latin: litargia
    • Middle English: litargie

References
  • “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
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