letargie

Czech

Etymology

From late Latin lēthargia, from Ancient Greek ληθαργία (lēthargía, drowsiness), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, forgetful, lethargic). This is a compound of λήθη (lḗthē, oblivion) and ἀργός (argós, idle), which consists of negative prefix ἀ- (a-) and noun ἔργον (érgon, deed, work). [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛtarɡɪjɛ/
  • Rhymes: -ɪjɛ
  • Hyphenation: le‧tar‧gie

Noun

letargie f

  1. (pathology) Lethargy (pathological drowsiness). [19th c.]
  2. (psychology) Lethargy (apathy, lack of emotions and interest).
  3. (nuclear physics) Lethargy (quantity characterizing the rate of decelaration of neutrons).

Declension

Derived terms

  • letargický

References

  1. "letargie" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 375.

Italian

Noun

letargie f

  1. plural of letargia

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