ἔνθεος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἔνθους (énthous) (contraction)

Etymology

From ἐν (en, “in”) +‎ θεός (theós, “god”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /én.tʰe.os/ → /ˈen.θe.os/ → /ˈen.θe.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /én.tʰe.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈen.tʰe.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.θe.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈen.θe.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈen.θe.os/

Adjective

ἔνθεος • (éntheos) m or f (neuter ἔνθεον); second declension

1. having a god in one; possessed or inspired by a god

Inflection

Second declension of ἔνθεος; ἔνθεον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔνθεος éntheos	ἔνθεον éntheon		ἐνθέω enthéō	ἐνθέω enthéō		ἔνθεοι éntheoi	ἔνθεᾰ énthea
Genitive		ἐνθέου enthéou	ἐνθέου enthéou		ἐνθέοιν enthéoin	ἐνθέοιν enthéoin		ἐνθέων enthéōn	ἐνθέων enthéōn
Dative		ἐνθέῳ enthéōi	ἐνθέῳ enthéōi		ἐνθέοιν enthéoin	ἐνθέοιν enthéoin		ἐνθέοις enthéois	ἐνθέοις enthéois
Accusative		ἔνθεον éntheon	ἔνθεον éntheon		ἐνθέω enthéō	ἐνθέω enthéō		ἐνθέους enthéous	ἔνθεᾰ énthea
Vocative		ἔνθεε énthee	ἔνθεον éntheon		ἐνθέω enthéō	ἐνθέω enthéō		ἔνθεοι éntheoi	ἔνθεᾰ énthea
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐνθέως enthéōs			ἐνθεώτερος entheṓteros			ἐνθεώτᾰτος entheṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō)
• ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós)

Descendants

• → Latin: entheus

Further reading

• “ἔνθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἔνθεος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἔνθεος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔνθεος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • demoniac idem, page 210.
  • divinely idem, page 244.
  • ecstatic idem, page 261.
  • inspired idem, page 446.
  • possessed idem, page 628.
  • rapturous idem, page 672.