English → Latin
“backwardness” in Latin
ignāviainactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness; cowardice, worthlessnesspigritiasloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolenceinerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stsēgnitiasloth, slowness, tardiness, sluggishness, inactivitydēsidiaidleness; inactivity; laziness, indolence, sloth
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
backwardness
ignavia (opposed to industry and alacrity), (The words are found in this connection and order), tarditas et ignavia; socordia atque ignavia; pigritia; inertia; segnities [SYN. in SLOWNESS]; fuga laboris; desidia; languor et desidia: or if backwardness is seated in the will, animus alienus; animus invitus.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for backwardness?
- The usual Latin words for “backwardness” are ignāvia, pigritia, iners; also sēgnitia, dēsidia. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.