lethargus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin lethargus (“lethargy”). === Noun === lethargus (uncountable) (biology) A quiescent sleeplike state in some arthropods and nematodes. === Anagrams === Laughters, Slaughter, laughster, laughters, laughtres, slaughter, slaughtre == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήθᾱργος (lḗthārgos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɫeːˈtʰaːr.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [leˈtar.ɡus] === Noun === lēthārgus m (genitive lēthārgī); second declension lethargy, drowsiness ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== lēthārgicus ==== Descendants ==== → English: lethargy → Italian: letargo → Russian: летаргия (letargija) → Spanish: letargo === References === “lethargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “lethargus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “lethargus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.