LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

abūlia

abūlia f sg (genitive abūliae)

Meaning

  1. New Latinabulia
    Qui contra melancholia affecti sunt, et paranoia fixa et abulia, in his contraria ratio habenda est: summa nimirum lenitas, et affabilitas, et amicabilitas iis adhibenda.As for those who are affected by melancholia, and fixed paranoia and abulia, the contrary method is to be employed in these cases: the greatest gentleness, and affability, and amiableness should of course be applied to them.1841, Johann Christian August Heinroth, Meletemata psychiatrica II. De formis amentiae, page 11:

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeabūlia—
genitiveabūliae—
dativeabūliae—
accusativeabūliam—
ablativeabūliā—
vocativeabūlia—

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greek ἀ-(a-)
  5. Ancient Greek βούλομαι(boúlomai)
  6. Ancient Greek -ᾱ(-ā)
  7. Ancient Greek -η(-ē)
  8. Ancient Greek βουλή(boulḗ)
  9. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ(-ĭ́ā)
  10. Latinabūlia

Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía)bor. Latin abūlia Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀβουλία (aboulía).

In English words that came into English from abūlia

  • abuliaabūlia

Quick answers

What does abūlia mean in Latin?
abūlia, a noun, means “abulia”.
What is the genitive of abūlia?
The genitive singular is abūliae. abūlia is feminine, first declension.
Where does abūlia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Hellenic *ə- → Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) → Ancient Greek βούλομαι (boúlomai) → Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) → Ancient Greek -η (-ē) → Ancient Greek βουλή (boulḗ) → Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) → Latin abūlia.