pigritia

Latin

Etymology

From piger +‎ -itia.

Pronunciation

Noun

pigritia f (genitive pigritiae); first declension

  1. sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence
    Synonyms: sēgnitia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, sōcordia, ōtium
    Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pigritia pigritiae
genitive pigritiae pigritiārum
dative pigritiae pigritiīs
accusative pigritiam pigritiās
ablative pigritiā pigritiīs
vocative pigritia pigritiae

Descendants

  • Friulian: pegrece
  • Italian: pigrezza, pigrizia
  • Old French: peresce
  • Old Occitan: pereza
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: pegriça
  • Spanish: pereza, pigricia

References

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