lassitudo

Latin

Etymology

From lassus +‎ -tūdō.

Noun

lassitūdō f (genitive lassitūdinis); third declension

1. faintness, weariness, exhaustion, tiredness, lassitude

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lassitūdō	lassitūdinēs
Genitive	lassitūdinis	lassitūdinum
Dative	lassitūdinī	lassitūdinibus
Accusative	lassitūdinem	lassitūdinēs
Ablative	lassitūdine	lassitūdinibus
Vocative	lassitūdō	lassitūdinēs

Descendants

• → Catalan: lassitud
• French: lassitude
  • → English: lassitude

References

• “lassitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lassitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lassitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to sleep soundly (from fatigue): arte, graviter dormire (ex lassitudine)