desidia

From dēses +‎ -ia.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eːˈs̠ɪd̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪iä]

dēsidia f (genitive dēsidiae); first declension

1. idleness
2. inactivity

   Synonyms: pigritia, segnitia, ignavia, inertia, sōcordia, ōtium

   Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

3. laziness, indolence, sloth

First-declension noun.

• Medieval Latin: dēsideus, dēsidium (see there for further descendants)

Borrowings:

• → Catalan: desídia
• → Italian: desidia
• → Portuguese: desídia
• → Spanish: desidia

From dēsīdō +‎ -ia.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /deːˈsiː.di.a/, [d̪eːˈs̠iːd̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈsi.di.a/, [d̪eˈs̬iːd̪iä]

dēsīdia f (genitive dēsīdiae); first declension

1. retiring

First-declension noun.

• “desidia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “desidia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• desidia 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: desidiae et languori se dedere
    

Borrowed from Latin dēsidia.

desidia f (plural desidias)

1. negligence, inertia

   Synonyms: dejadez, negligencia

2. procrastination
   • 1885, Emilia Pardo Bazán, El cisne de Vilamorta, Chapter 24:

     Las villitas así, en invierno, son capaces de producir murria al más alegre: son la raíz cuadrada del fastidio, la quintaesencia del esplín, la desidia de peinarse, la pereza de vestirse, la interminable noche, el aguacero terco, el frío lúgubre, el aire color de ceniza y el cielo color de panza de burro...

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• desidioso

• “desidia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014