dyscolia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυσκολία (duskolía), from δύσκολος (dúskolos, “difficult, hard”) +‎ -ία (-ía), equivalent to dyscolus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /dysˈko.li.a/, [d̪ʏs̠ˈkɔlʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /disˈko.li.a/, [d̪isˈkɔːliä]

Noun

dyscolia f (genitive dyscoliae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin, rare) disaffection, perversity

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dyscolia	dyscoliae
genitive	dyscoliae	dyscoliārum
dative	dyscoliae	dyscoliīs
accusative	dyscoliam	dyscoliās
ablative	dyscoliā	dyscoliīs
vocative	dyscolia	dyscoliae

Related terms

• dyscolus

References

• “dyscolia”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011