ἐπιθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιθυμέω (epithumeō, “I long for”), from ἐπί (epi, “upon”) + θυμός (thumos, “desire”).

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /epitʰy͜ymí.a͜a/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛpitʰyːmíaː/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /epiθymía/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /epiθymía/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /epiθimía/

Noun

ἐπιθυμία • (epithumia) (genitive ἐπιθυμίας) f, first declension

1. yearning, longing, desire, craving
2. Often with a negative connotation: lust

Inflection

First declension of ἐπιθυμίᾱ, ἐπιθυμίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἐπιθυμίᾱ	ἐπιθυμίᾱ	ἐπιθυμίαι
Genitive	ἐπιθυμίᾱς	ἐπιθυμίαιν	ἐπιθυμιῶν
Dative	ἐπιθυμίᾳ	ἐπιθυμίαιν	ἐπιθυμίαις
Accusative	ἐπιθυμίᾱν	ἐπιθυμίᾱ	ἐπιθυμίᾱς
Vocative	ἐπιθυμίᾱ	ἐπιθυμίᾱ	ἐπιθυμίαι

Descendants

• Russian: епитимия f (jepitímija), епитимья f (jepitím'ja)

References

• LSJ
• BDAG
• Strong’s concordance number: G1939