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lethargia

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgíā, drowsiness), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, forgetful) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. Lethargy, drowsiness.
    Synonym: somnolentia

Inflection

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First-declension noun.

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

Descendants

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References

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  • 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.