lethargia

Latin

Alternative forms

• litargia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. Lethargy, drowsiness.

   Synonym: somnolentia

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lēthārgia	lēthārgiae
genitive	lēthārgiae	lēthārgiārum
dative	lēthārgiae	lēthārgiīs
accusative	lēthārgiam	lēthārgiās
ablative	lēthārgiā	lēthārgiīs
vocative	lēthārgia	lēthārgiae

Descendants

Descendants

• → 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.