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Latin
Etymology
From sēgnis + -itia.
Pronunciation
Noun
sēgnitia f (genitive sēgnitiae); first declension
- sloth, slowness, tardiness, sluggishness, inactivity
- Synonyms: pigritia, ignavia, inertia, desidia, sōcordia, ōtium
- Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
Further reading
- “segnitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “segnitia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- segnitia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.