ignavia
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /iɲˈɲa.vja/
 - Rhymes: -avja
 - Hyphenation: i‧gnà‧via
 
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Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iɡˈnaː.u̯i.a/, [ɪŋˈnäːu̯iä]
 - (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iɲˈɲa.vi.a/, [iɲˈɲäːviä]
 
Noun
    
ignāvia f (genitive ignāviae); first declension
- inactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness
- Synonyms: pigritia, sēgnitia, desidia, inertia, sōcordia, ōtium
 - Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās
 
 - cowardice, worthlessness
 
Declension
    
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ignāvia | ignāviae | 
| Genitive | ignāviae | ignāviārum | 
| Dative | ignāviae | ignāviīs | 
| Accusative | ignāviam | ignāviās | 
| Ablative | ignāviā | ignāviīs | 
| Vocative | ignāvia | ignāviae | 
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
 - ignavia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
 - Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (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
 
 - to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: ignaviae et socordiae se dare
 
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