ληθαργία
See also: ληθαργίᾳ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, nominal abstract derivative suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lɛː.tʰaːr.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /le̝.tʰarˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.θarˈʝi.a/
Noun
ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ • (lēthārgĭ́ā) f (genitive ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς); first declension (rare)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ hē lēthārgĭ́ā |
τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgĭ́ā |
αἱ ληθᾱργῐ́αι hai lēthārgĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tês lēthārgĭ́ās |
τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgĭ́ain |
τῶν ληθᾱργῐῶν tôn lēthārgĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾳ tēî lēthārgĭ́āi |
τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgĭ́ain |
ταῖς ληθᾱργῐ́αις taîs lēthārgĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱν tḕn lēthārgĭ́ān |
τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lēthārgĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgĭ́ā |
ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgĭ́ā |
ληθᾱργῐ́αι lēthārgĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: lēthārgia
References
- “ληθαργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ληθαργία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ληθαργία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften