acedia

acedia

See also: acedía and acedią

English

Etymology

From Latin acēdia. Doublet of accidie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈsiːdɪə/

Noun

acedia (uncountable)

1. Spiritual or mental sloth.

   Synonyms: accedie, ennui, weltschmerz

2. Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

   Synonyms: apathy, indifference

3. Boredom. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Related terms

• acediast

Translations

sloth

Bulgarian: мързел (bg) (mǎrzel) French: acédie (fr) f Greek: οκνηρία (el) f (okniría) Italian: accidia (it) f Polish: acedia (pl) f Spanish: acedia (es) f

apathy

Bulgarian: апатия (bg) (apatija), незаинтересованост (bg) (nezainteresovanost) Italian: apatia (it) f

boredom — see boredom

Anagrams

• aeacid

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin acēdia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”). Doublet of accidia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Hyphenation: a‧cè‧dia

Noun

acedia f (plural acedie)

1. acedia

Further reading

• acedia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Alternative forms

• accīdia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”), which is derived from κῆδος (kêdos, “care, accuracy”).[1]

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkeː.di.a/, [äˈkeːd̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

Noun

acēdia f (genitive acēdiae); first declension

1. sloth, torpor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	acēdia	acēdiae
Genitive	acēdiae	acēdiārum
Dative	acēdiae	acēdiīs
Accusative	acēdiam	acēdiās
Ablative	acēdiā	acēdiīs
Vocative	acēdia	acēdiae

Descendants

• → Catalan: acèdia
• → English: acedia
• → Italian: accidia
• → Old English: accidia
  • Middle English: accidia
    • English: accidia
• → Old French: accide, accidie
  • → Middle English: accidie
    • English: accidie
  • Middle French: accide
    • French: accide
• → Portuguese: acédia
• → Polish: acedia (learned)
• → Spanish: acedía

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkeː.di.aː/, [äˈkeːd̪iäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

Noun

acēdiā f

1. ablative singular of acēdia

References

• acedia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

1. “accidia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acedia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā).[1] First attested in 1870.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧dia

Noun

acedia f

1. acedia (spiritual or mental sloth)

Declension

Declension of acedia

	singular
nominative	acedia
genitive	acedii
dative	acedii
accusative	acedię
instrumental	acedią
locative	acedii
vocative	acedio

References

1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
2. Kurjer Warszawski‎, volume 50, issue 41, 1870, page 2

Further reading

• acedia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Verb

acedia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of aceder