γλυκυθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῠκῠ́θῡμος (glukúthūmos, “sweet-minded”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from γλῠκῠ́ς (glukús, “sweet”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/ → /ɣli.ci.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣli.ci.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (glukuthūmíā) f (genitive γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sweetness of mind
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 635D
2. kind disposition, kindliness, benevolence
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Themistocles 10
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.970B

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē glukuthūmíā	τὼ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ glukuthūmíā	αἱ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αι hai glukuthūmíai
Genitive	τῆς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês glukuthūmíās	τοῖν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αιν toîn glukuthūmíain	τῶν γλῠκῠθῡμῐῶν tôn glukuthūmiôn
Dative	τῇ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi glukuthūmíāi	τοῖν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αιν toîn glukuthūmíain	ταῖς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αις taîs glukuthūmíais
Accusative	τὴν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn glukuthūmíān	τὼ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ glukuthūmíā	τᾱ̀ς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s glukuthūmíās
Vocative	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ glukuthūmíā	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ glukuthūmíā	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αι glukuthūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γλυκυθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλυκυθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γλυκυθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυκυθυμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)