English → Latin
“sloth” in Latin
ignāviainactivity, laziness, idleness, sloth, listlessness; cowardice, worthlessnesspigritiasloth, sluggishness, laziness, indolencesēgnitiasloth, slowness, tardiness, sluggishness, inactivityinerswithout skill, unskilled, unskillful, incompetent, crude; inactive, lazy, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert; worthless; stsocorsfoolish, silly; sluggish, inert, inactive, dull (lacking in vitality or alertness); taking no interest indēsidiaidleness; inactivity; laziness, indolence, sloth
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sloth
Idleness, ignavia: pigritia: segnities: inertia: socordia: desidia [SYN. in IDLENESS]: fuga laboris. To be sunk in sloth, desidia marcescere; marcescere otio et inertia sopiri. [Vid. IDLENESS, LAZINESS.]
The animal so called, *bradypus, -odis (Linn.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sloth?
- The usual Latin words for “sloth” are ignāvia, pigritia, sēgnitia; also iners, socors, 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.