accidia
See also: accídia
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin acēdia.[1]
Noun
accidia f (plural accidie)
- sloth, acedia
- 1909, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Fondazione e Manifesto del futurismo:
- Avevamo lungamente calpestata su opulenti tappeti orientali la nostra atavica accidia, discutendo davanti ai confini estremi della logica ed annerendo molta carta di frenetiche scritture.
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Derived terms
References
- “accidia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /akˈkiː.di.a/
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | accīdia | accīdiae |
| Genitive | accīdiae | accīdiārum |
| Dative | accīdiae | accīdiīs |
| Accusative | accīdiam | accīdiās |
| Ablative | accīdiā | accīdiīs |
| Vocative | accīdia | accīdiae |
References
- accidia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Moore, Christopher (2004). In Other Words. New York: Walker Pub. →ISBN.
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