English

Proper noun

Invidia

1. (Roman mythology) The Roman goddess of divine retribution and vengeance; often accompanied by the Furies/Dirae. She is the Roman counterpart of Nemesis.

Translations

Italian

Noun

invidia f ‎(plural invidie)

1. envy

Related terms

• invidiabile
• invidiare
• invidioso
• invido

Verb

invidia

1. Third-person singular present tense of invidiare
2. Second-person singular imperative of invidiare

See also

• sette peccati capitali

Anagrams

• divinai
• indivia

Latin

Etymology

From invidus ‎(“envious”), from invideō ‎(“envy, grudge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈwi.di.a/, [ɪnˈwɪ.di.a]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈvi.di.a/, [inˈviː.di.a]

Noun

invidia f ‎(genitive invidiae); first declension

1. envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite
2. an object of ill-will
3. odium, unpopularity, dislike, infamy, resentment, ill-will

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• invidiōsus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• invidia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• invidia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INVIDIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “invidia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be hated by some one: odio, invidiae esse alicui
    
  • to be hated by some one: in invidia esse alicui
    
  • to be detested: invidia flagrare, premi
    
  • to incur a person's hatred: in odium, in invidiam venire alicui
    
  • to incur a person's hatred: invidiam colligere (aliqua re)
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular: in invidiam, odium (alicuius) vocare aliquem
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular: in invidiam adducere aliquem
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular: invidiam alicui conflare (Catil. 1. 9. 23)
    
  • to make a person odious, unpopular: invidiam, odium ex-, concitare alicui, in aliquem
    
  • to be consumed with hatred: odio or invidia alicuius ardere
    
  • to profit by the unpopularity of the senate to gain influence oneself: crescere ex invidia senatoria
    
  • unpopularity: invidia
    
  • the feeling against the dictator: invidia dictatoria (Liv. 22. 26)
    
  • to use some one's unpopularity as a means of making oneself popular: ex invidia alicuius auram popularem petere (Liv. 22. 26)
    
• invidia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian

Etymology

From invidie or Italian invidiare.

Verb

a invidia ‎(third-person singular present invidiază, past participle invidiat) 1st conj.

1. to envy