socordia

socordia

Latin

Etymology

From socors.

Noun

sōcordia f (genitive sōcordiae); first declension

1. silliness, folly

   Synonyms: stultitia, īnsapientia, imprūdentia, stupiditās, ignōrantia, ineptitūdō, inertia

   Antonyms: sapientia, prūdentia, scientia

2. carelessness, negligence
3. sloth, laziness; indolence, inactivity

   Synonyms: sēgnitia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, pigritia, ōtium

   Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sōcordia	sōcordiae
Genitive	sōcordiae	sōcordiārum
Dative	sōcordiae	sōcordiīs
Accusative	sōcordiam	sōcordiās
Ablative	sōcordiā	sōcordiīs
Vocative	sōcordia	sōcordiae

References

• “socordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “socordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• socordia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: ignaviae et socordiae se dare