ληθαργία
See also: ληθαργίᾳ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, 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 • (lēthārgíā) f (genitive ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς); first declension (rare)
- Drowsiness, sleepiness.
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ hē lēthārgíā | τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgíā | αἱ ληθᾱργῐ́αι hai lēthārgíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tês lēthārgíās | τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgíain | τῶν ληθᾱργῐῶν tôn lēthārgiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾳ têi lēthārgíāi | τοῖν ληθᾱργῐ́αιν toîn lēthārgíain | ταῖς ληθᾱργῐ́αις taîs lēthārgíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱν tḕn lēthārgíān | τὼ ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ tṑ lēthārgíā | τᾱ̀ς ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s lēthārgíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgíā | ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ lēthārgíā | ληθᾱργῐ́αι lēthārgíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: lēthārgia
- Medieval Latin: litargia
- → English: lethargy
- → Catalan: letargia
- → French: léthargie
- → Italian: letargia
- Medieval Latin: litargia
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