desidiosus

Latin

Etymology

From dēsidia (idleness, indolence, sloth) +‎ -ōsus, from dēsideō (I sit idle), from (completely, thoroughly) + sedeō (I sit); compare desidiose.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dēsidiōsus (feminine dēsidiōsa, neuter dēsidiōsum, comparative dēsidiōsior, superlative dēsidiōsissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. slothful, indolent, lazy

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative dēsidiōsus dēsidiōsa dēsidiōsum dēsidiōsī dēsidiōsae dēsidiōsa
genitive dēsidiōsī dēsidiōsae dēsidiōsī dēsidiōsōrum dēsidiōsārum dēsidiōsōrum
dative dēsidiōsō dēsidiōsae dēsidiōsō dēsidiōsīs
accusative dēsidiōsum dēsidiōsam dēsidiōsum dēsidiōsōs dēsidiōsās dēsidiōsa
ablative dēsidiōsō dēsidiōsā dēsidiōsō dēsidiōsīs
vocative dēsidiōse dēsidiōsa dēsidiōsum dēsidiōsī dēsidiōsae dēsidiōsa

Descendants

  • English: desidious

References

  • desidiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • desidiosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • desidiosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.