lethargia

Latin

Alternative forms

litargia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

lēthārgia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]
lēthārgiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [leˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]

Noun

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

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
  - → English: lethargy

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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