ἐπιθυμία

See also: επιθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ἐπῐ́θῡμος (epíthūmos, “desirous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ → /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (epithūmíā) f (genitive ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ	τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ	αἱ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς	τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν	τῶν ἐπῐθῡμῐῶν
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ	τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν	ταῖς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αις
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν	τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς
Vocative	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἵμερος (hímeros)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲁ (epithumia)
• Greek: επιθυμία (epithymía)
• → Russian: епити́мия f (jepitímija), епити́мья f (jepitímʹja)

References

• ἐπιθυμία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐπιθυμία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “G1939”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • appetite idem, page 35.
  • aspiration idem, page 45.
  • bent idem, page 74.
  • caprice idem, page 112.
  • concupiscence idem, page 156.
  • craving idem, page 182.
  • desire idem, page 215.
  • hunger idem, page 410.
  • inclination idem, page 428.
  • itch idem, page 461.
  • longing idem, page 498.
  • lust idem, page 505.
  • passion idem, page 597.
  • predilection idem, page 634.
  • proneness idem, page 653.
  • vagary idem, page 942.
  • want idem, page 961.
  • whim idem, page 976.
  • wish idem, page 983.
• BDAG