desidia

Latin

Etymology

From dēses +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪd̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪iä]

Noun

dēsidia f (genitive dēsidiae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēsidia	dēsidiae
Genitive	dēsidiae	dēsidiārum
Dative	dēsidiae	dēsidiīs
Accusative	dēsidiam	dēsidiās
Ablative	dēsidiā	dēsidiīs
Vocative	dēsidia	dēsidiae

Descendants

• Asturian: deséu
• Catalan: desig
• Italian: desidia, desio, disio
• Occitan: deseg

• Old Galician-Portuguese: desejo
• Portuguese: desejo, desídia
• Sicilian: disiu
• Spanish: deseo, desidia

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
    

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin dēsidia.

Noun

desidia f (plural desidias)

1. negligence, inertia
2. procrastination

Synonyms

• dejadez
• negligencia

Derived terms

• desidioso