− | [[Melancholia]] (from Greek μελαγχολία - melancholia "sadness, lit. black bile"), also lugubriousness, from the [[Latin]] lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old [[English]] wist: [[intent]], or saturnine, (see Saturn), in contemporary usage, is a [[mood]] disorder of non-specific [[depression]], characterized by low levels of [[enthusiasm]] and eagerness for activity. | + | [[Melancholia]] (from Greek μελαγχολία - melancholia "sadness, lit. black bile"), also lugubriousness, from the [[Latin]] lugere, to mourn; moroseness, from the Latin morosus, self-willed, fastidious habit; wistfulness, from old [[English]] wist: [[intent]], or saturnine, (see Saturn), in contemporary usage, is a [[mood]] disorder of non-specific depression, characterized by low levels of [[enthusiasm]] and eagerness for activity. |
| In a modern [[context]], "melancholy" applies only to the mental or emotional symptoms of depression or despondency; historically, "melancholia" could be [[physical]] as well as [[mental]], and melancholic conditions were classified as such by their common cause rather than by their properties.[1] | | In a modern [[context]], "melancholy" applies only to the mental or emotional symptoms of depression or despondency; historically, "melancholia" could be [[physical]] as well as [[mental]], and melancholic conditions were classified as such by their common cause rather than by their properties.[1] |