socordia

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Latin

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Etymology

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From socors, socordis +‎ -ia.

Noun

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sōcordia f (genitive sōcordiae); 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

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative sōcordia sōcordiae
genitive sōcordiae sōcordiārum
dative sōcordiae sōcordiīs
accusative sōcordiam sōcordiās
ablative sōcordiā sōcordiīs
vocative sōcordia sōcordiae

References

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  • 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