ignavia

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲa.vja/
• Rhymes: -avja
• Hyphenation: i‧gnà‧via

Noun

ignavia f (plural ignavie)

1. indolence, laxity, sloth

Related terms

• ignavo

Anagrams

• navigai

Latin

Etymology

From ignāvus +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnaː.u̯i.a/, [ɪŋˈnäːu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iɲˈɲa.vi.a/, [iɲˈɲäːviä]

Noun

ignāvia f (genitive ignāviae); first declension

1. inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness

   Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, desidia, inertia, sōcordia, ōtium

   Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

2. cowardice, worthlessness

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	ignāvia	ignāviae
genitive	ignāviae	ignāviārum
dative	ignāviae	ignāviīs
accusative	ignāviam	ignāviās
ablative	ignāviā	ignāviīs
vocative	ignāvia	ignāviae

References

• “ignavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ignavia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ignavia 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: ignaviae et socordiae se dare
    
  • to pass one's life in luxury and idleness: per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere