litargia

Etymology

From Late Latin lēthārgia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ληθᾱργῐ́ᾱ (lēthārgĭ́ā, “drowsiness”), from λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos, “forgetful, lethargic”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /liˈtar.d͡ʒi.a/, [liˈt̪ärd͡ʒiä]

Noun

litargia f (genitive litargiae); first declension (Medieval Latin)

1. lethargy

References

• "litargia", 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)