ecstasis
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ecstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ecstases)
- Alternative form of ekstasis
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ecstasis
- (prosody) Synonym of paragoge
- 1811, Peter Wilson, Introduction to Greek Prosody, page 160:
- The insertion of the i by poetic ecstasis furnishes the syllable necessary to complete the number of feet, […]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).
Noun[edit]
ecstasis f (genitive ecstasis or ecstaseōs or ecstasios); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | ecstasis | ecstasēs ecstaseis |
Genitive | ecstasis ecstaseōs ecstasios |
ecstasium |
Dative | ecstasī | ecstasibus |
Accusative | ecstasim ecstasin ecstasem1 |
ecstasēs ecstasīs |
Ablative | ecstasī ecstase1 |
ecstasibus |
Vocative | ecstasis ecstasi |
ecstasēs ecstaseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
References[edit]
- “ecstasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ecstasis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ecstasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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