ἔκστασις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐξίστημι (exístēmi, “I displace”) from ἐκ (ek, “out”) and ἵστημι (hístēmi, “I stand”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /éks.ta.sis/ → /ˈeks.ta.sis/ → /ˈeks.ta.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /éks.ta.sis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ta.sis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ta.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ta.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈeks.ta.sis/

Noun

ἔκστᾰσῐς • (ékstasis) f (genitive ἐκστᾰ́σεως); third declension

1. displacement from proper place
2. displacement of the mind: amazement, astonishment, bewilderment
3. trance, ecstasy

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἔκστᾰσῐς; τῆς ἐκστᾰ́σεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἔκστᾰσῐς hē ékstasis	τὼ ἐκστᾰ́σει tṑ ekstásei	αἱ ἐκστᾰ́σεις hai ekstáseis
Genitive	τῆς ἐκστᾰ́σεως tês ekstáseōs	τοῖν ἐκστᾰσέοιν toîn ekstaséoin	τῶν ἐκστᾰ́σεων tôn ekstáseōn
Dative	τῇ ἐκστᾰ́σει têi ekstásei	τοῖν ἐκστᾰσέοιν toîn ekstaséoin	ταῖς ἐκστᾰ́σεσῐ / ἐκστᾰ́σεσῐν taîs ekstásesi(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἔκστᾰσῐν tḕn ékstasin	τὼ ἐκστᾰ́σει tṑ ekstásei	τᾱ̀ς ἐκστᾰ́σεις tā̀s ekstáseis
Vocative	ἔκστᾰσῐ ékstasi	ἐκστᾰ́σει ekstásei	ἐκστᾰ́σεις ekstáseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: ecstasy, ekstasis
• German: Ekstase
• Greek: έκσταση (ékstasi)

• Latin: ecstasis, exstasis, extasis
• Russian: экста́з (ekstáz)

Further reading

• “ἔκστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔκστασις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔκστασις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἔκστασις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1611 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible