Italian

Noun

ignavia f ‎(plural ignavie)

1. sloth, indolence

Related terms

• ignavo

Anagrams

• navigai

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iɡˈnaː.wi.a/, [ɪŋˈnaː.wi.a]

Noun

ignāvia f ‎(genitive ignāviae); first declension

1. inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness
2. cowardice, worthlessness

Inflection

First declension.

References

• ignavia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ignavia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ignavia”, 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: ignaviae et socordiae se dare
    
  • to pass one's life in luxury and idleness: per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agere