litargia

Latin

Etymology

From Late Latin lēthārgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgíā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [liˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]

Noun

litargia f (genitive litargiae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. lethargy

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	litargia	litargiae
genitive	litargiae	litargiārum
dative	litargiae	litargiīs
accusative	litargiam	litargiās
ablative	litargiā	litargiīs
vocative	litargia	litargiae

Descendants

• → Middle English: litargie
  • English: lethargy

References

• litargia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)