desidia
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪd̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪iä]
Noun
dēsidia f (genitive dēsidiae); first declension
- idleness
- inactivity
- Synonyms: pigritia, segnitia, ignavia, inertia, sōcordia, ōtium
- Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās
- laziness, indolence, sloth
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
Borrowings:
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /deːˈsiː.di.a/, [d̪eːˈs̠iːd̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /deˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪iä]
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | dēsīdia | dēsīdiae |
Genitive | dēsīdiae | dēsīdiārum |
Dative | dēsīdiae | dēsīdiīs |
Accusative | dēsīdiam | dēsīdiās |
Ablative | dēsīdiā | dēsīdiīs |
Vocative | dēsīdia | dēsīdiae |
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
- to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈsidja/ [d̪eˈsi.ð̞ja]
- Rhymes: -idja
- Syllabification: de‧si‧dia
Noun
desidia f (plural desidias)
- negligence, inertia; slovenliness
- Synonyms: dejadez, negligencia
- 2015 November 13, “La resurrección del pueblo sepultado en el lodo”, in El País:
- La radio les avisó de la tragedia: Armero, una próspera población algodonera de 50.000 habitantes, a cuatro horas de Bogotá, había sido arrasada por la furia de la naturaleza y la desidia del Estado.
- The radio informed them of the tragedy: Armero, a prosperous cotton town of 50,000 inhabitants, four hours from Bogotá, had been devastated by a natural fury and the slovenliness of the State.
- procrastination
- 1885, Emilia Pardo Bazán, El cisne de Vilamorta, Chapter 24:
- Las villitas así, en invierno, son capaces de producir murria al más alegre: son la raíz cuadrada del fastidio, la quintaesencia del esplín, la desidia de peinarse, la pereza de vestirse, la interminable noche, el aguacero terco, el frío lúgubre, el aire color de ceniza y el cielo color de panza de burro...
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Derived terms
Further reading
- “desidia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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