Sloth - a capital vice (preguiça)

For Christians, this vice or deadly sin is known as sloth (Latin “pigritia”), acedia (Latin “acedia”) or Latin “desidia”, although there are slight differences in meaning between these terms.


Este vício ou pecado mortal para os Cristãos recebe as designações de preguiça (latim “pigritia”), acédia (latim “acedia”), ou latim “desidia”, embora haja ligeiras diferenças de significado entre estes termos.

Pieter van Heyden (active 1551-1569) after Pieter Brueghel the Elder (ca 1525-1569)-'desidia'-engraving New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hieronimus Bosch (ca 1450-1516)-'sloth (the seven deadly sins)'-oil on wood-1485 Madrid-Museo del Prado

Hieronimus (Jerome) Wierix (1553-1619)-'acedia'-engraving New York-Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nicolaes Maes (1634-1693)-'the idle servant'-oil on panel-1655 London-National Gallery

Félix Édouard Valloton (1865-1925)-'laziness'-woodcut-1896 New York-Museum of Modern Art