LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

inedia

inedia f (genitive inediae)
Classical[ɪˈnɛ.di.a]Ecclesiastical[iˈnɛː.di.a]

Meaning

  1. femininefasting, starvation

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Fames · Esuries · Inedia

Fames is hunger from want of food, like λιμός, in opp. to satietas; whereas esuries is hunger from an empty and craving stomach, in opp. to sitis; lastly, inedia is not eating, in a general sense, without reference to the cause, though for the most part from a voluntary resolution, like ἀσιτία. Hence fame and esurie perire mean to die of hunger, whereas inedia perire means to starve one’s self to death. (iii. 119.)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeinediainediae
genitiveinediaeinediārum
dativeinediaeinediīs
accusativeinediaminediās
ablativeinediāinediīs
vocativeinediainediae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

inediā mori or vitam finire
to starve oneself to death.

ĭnĕdĭa, ae, f. 2. in-edo,
I. an abstaining from food, fasting (class.): tenebrae oboriuntur, genua inediā succidunt, Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 30: vigiliis et inedia necatus, Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 82: inediam sustinere, Cels. 1, 3: inediā vitam finire, i. e. to starve one's self to death, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1; cf.: inediā mori, Gell. 3, 10, 15.— In plur.: inedias durare, Plin. 11, 54, 118, § 283.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latininedia

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti Proto-Italic *edō Latin edō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin inedia From in- + edō (“to eat”) + -ia.

In English words that came into English from inedia

  • inediainedia

Quick answers

What does inedia mean in Latin?
inedia, a noun, means “fasting, starvation”.
What is the genitive of inedia?
The genitive singular is inediae. inedia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce inedia?
In classical Latin, [ɪˈnɛ.di.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [iˈnɛː.di.a].
Where does inedia come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Italic *n̥- → Latin inedia.