socordia

Latin

Etymology

From socors, socordis +‎ -ia.

Noun

sō̆cordia f (genitive sō̆cordiae); first declension

  1. silliness, folly
    Synonyms: stultitia, īnsapientia, imprūdentia, stupiditās, ignōrantia, ineptitūdō, inertia
    Antonyms: sapientia, prūdentia, scientia
  2. carelessness, negligence
  3. sloth, laziness; indolence, inactivity
    Synonyms: sēgnitia, inertia, ignāvia, dēsidia, pigritia, ōtium
    Antonyms: impigritās, alacritās, strēnuitās, āctīvitās

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sō̆cordia sō̆cordiae
genitive sō̆cordiae sō̆cordiārum
dative sō̆cordiae sō̆cordiīs
accusative sō̆cordiam sō̆cordiās
ablative sō̆cordiā sō̆cordiīs
vocative sō̆cordia sō̆cordiae

References

  • “socordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “socordia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “socordia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to abandon oneself to inactivity and apathy: ignaviae et socordiae se dare
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