ἀπονία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄπονος (áponos, without toil, painless) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀπονῐ́ᾱ • (aponíā) f (genitive ἀπονῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. laziness, freedom from toil
  2. (Epicurean philosophy) freedom from pain

Inflection

Descendants

  • Greek: απονιά (aponiá, heartlessness)

Further reading

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