ignavia

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

ignavia f (plural ignavie)

1. indolence, laxity, sloth

• ignavo

• navigai

From ignāvus +‎ -ia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋˈnaː.wi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [iɲˈɲaː.vi.a]

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

First-declension noun.

• “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