letargie

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Etymology

From late Latin lēthargia, from Ancient Greek ληθαργία (lēthargía, drowsiness), from λήθαργος (lḗthargos, forgetful, lethargic). This is a compound of λήθη (lḗthē, oblivion) and ἀργός (argós, idle), which consists of negative prefix ἀ- (a-) and noun ἔργον (érgon, deed, work). [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

letargie f

  1. (pathology) Lethargy (pathological drowsiness)
  2. (psychology) Lethargy (apathy, lack of emotions and interest)
  3. (nuclear physics) Lethargy (quantity characterizing the rate of decelaration of neutrons)

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “letargie”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 375

Further reading

  • letargie”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • letargie”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • letargie”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Italian

Noun

letargie f

  1. plural of letargia

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French léthargie.

Noun

letargie f (plural letargii)

  1. lethargy

Declension