Latin

Noun

dēsidia f ‎(genitive dēsidiae); first declension

1. idleness
2. inactivity
3. laziness, indolence, sloth
4. retiring

Inflection

First declension.

Descendants

• Italian: desidia, desio, disio
• Old Portuguese: desejo
• Portuguese: desejo, desídia
• Sicilian: disiu
• Spanish: deseo, desidia

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “desidia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: desidiae et languori se dedere
    

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēsidia.

Noun

desidia f ‎(plural desidias)

1. negligence, inertia
2. procrastination

Synonyms

• dejadez
• negligencia