pigritia

Latin

Etymology

From piger +‎ -itia

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /piˈɡri.ti.a/, [pɪˈɡrɪ.ti.a]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /piˈɡri.t͡si.a/, [piˈɡriː.t͡si.a]

Noun

pigritia f (genitive pigritiae); first declension

sloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolence

Inflection

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pigritia	pigritiae
Genitive	pigritiae	pigritiārum
Dative	pigritiae	pigritiīs
Accusative	pigritiam	pigritiās
Ablative	pigritiā	pigritiīs
Vocative	pigritia	pigritiae

Descendants

Catalan: peresa
French: paresse
Friulian: pegrece
Galician: preguiza
Italian: pigrezza, pigrizia
Occitan: peresa, pigresa

Old French: peresce
Old Occitan: pereza
Old Portuguese: pegriça
Portuguese: preguiça
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

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