segnis

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. An adjective in -ni- reflecting possibly Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to coagulate, dry out”) or *seh₁k- (“to arrive”), but with semantic problems. Cognates would then include Ancient Greek ἦκα (êka, “slightly, slowly, a little”) and ἥσσων (hḗssōn, “inferior, weaker, smaller”). Kroonen adds Proto-Germanic *seukaną, *suk(k)ōną (“to be ill, sick”) and Old Irish socht (“silence”), for a Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to be slow or quiet”). Otherwise, if not related to the Ancient Greek words, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *seg- (“to stick, adhere”), with acceptable semantic shift from "sticky" to "inert". In both cases the long vowel possibly reflects an original root noun, or otherwise remains unexplained. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈseːŋ.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈsɛɲ.ɲis] === Adjective === sēgnis (neuter sēgne, comparative sēgnior, superlative sēgnissimus, adverb sēgniter); third-declension two-termination adjective slow, tardy, torpid, inactive, unenergetic, lazy Synonyms: dēses, iners, piger, ignāvus, socors, murcidus, languidus Antonyms: vīvus, strēnuus, impiger, alacer, ācer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “segnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “segnis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "segnis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “segnis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 519