ἐκθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔκθῡμος (ékthūmos, “frantic, spirited”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from ἐκ- (ek-, “out”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ekʰ.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ek.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ek.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ek.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (ekthūmíā) f (genitive ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. spirit, ardour, eagerness
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 3.115.6

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē ekthūmíā	τὼ ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ ekthūmíā	αἱ ἐκθῡμῐ́αι hai ekthūmíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês ekthūmíās	τοῖν ἐκθῡμῐ́αιν toîn ekthūmíain	τῶν ἐκθῡμῐῶν tôn ekthūmiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi ekthūmíāi	τοῖν ἐκθῡμῐ́αιν toîn ekthūmíain	ταῖς ἐκθῡμῐ́αις taîs ekthūmíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn ekthūmíān	τὼ ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ ekthūmíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ekthūmíās
Vocative	ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ ekthūmíā	ἐκθῡμῐ́ᾱ ekthūmíā	ἐκθῡμῐ́αι ekthūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐκθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐκθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκθυμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)