What is the Latin word for listless?

The usual Latin words for “listless” are socors, incūriōsus, piger; also sēgnis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“listless” in Latin

socorsfoolish, silly; sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness); taking no interest in incūriōsuscareless, negligent; indifferent, unconcerned; not made or done with care pigerbackward, slow, dull, lazy, indolent, sluggish, unwilling, motionless, inactive, inert; unwilling, reluctant, averse sēgnisslow, tardy, torpid, inactive, unenergetic, lazy

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

listless

Thoughtless, careless, socors, incuriosus, negligens. [Vid: CARELESS].

Slow, sluggish, piger, segnis.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for listless?: The usual Latin words for “listless” are socors, incūriōsus, piger; also sēgnis. 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.