δυσθυμία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῠ́σθῡμος (dŭ́sthūmos, “despondent”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from δῠσ- (dŭs-, “bad”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dys.tʰyː.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dys.tʰyˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðys.θyˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðys.θyˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðis.θiˈmi.a/
Noun
δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (dŭsthūmĭ́ā) f (genitive δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē dŭsthūmĭ́ā |
τὼ δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ dŭsthūmĭ́ā |
αἱ δῠσθῡμῐ́αι hai dŭsthūmĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês dŭsthūmĭ́ās |
τοῖν δῠσθῡμῐ́αιν toîn dŭsthūmĭ́ain |
τῶν δῠσθῡμῐῶν tôn dŭsthūmĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾳ tēî dŭsthūmĭ́āi |
τοῖν δῠσθῡμῐ́αιν toîn dŭsthūmĭ́ain |
ταῖς δῠσθῡμῐ́αις taîs dŭsthūmĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn dŭsthūmĭ́ān |
τὼ δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ dŭsthūmĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dŭsthūmĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ dŭsthūmĭ́ā |
δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ dŭsthūmĭ́ā |
δῠσθῡμῐ́αι dŭsthūmĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Antonyms
- εὐθυμία f (euthumía, “cheerfulness”)
Descendants
References
- “δυσθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυσθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυσθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυσθυμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- δυσθυμία in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dejection idem, page 207.
- depression idem, page 213.
- despair idem, page 216.
- despondency idem, page 217.
- discouragement idem, page 231.
- gloom idem, page 362.
- heaviness idem, page 393.
- hopelessness idem, page 406.
- joylessness idem, page 465.
- low spirits idem, page 502.
- melancholy idem, page 524.
- misery idem, page 534.
- mournfulness idem, page 544.
- oppression idem, page 577.
- sadness idem, page 730.
- sorrowfulness idem, page 795.
- tearfulness idem, page 859.
- unhappiness idem, page 920.
- woefulness idem, page 986.
- wretchedness idem, page 993.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek δυσθῡμία (dusthūmía, “despondency, despair”), from δυσ- (dys-, “bad”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “temper, disposition”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðis.θiˈmi.a/
- Hyphenation: δυ‧σθυ‧μί‧α
- Old Hyphenation: δυσ‧θυ‧μί‧α
Noun
δυσθυμία • (dysthymía) f (plural δυσθυμίες)
- dysthymia (tendency to be depressed)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δυσθυμία (dysthymía) | δυσθυμίες (dysthymíes) |
| genitive | δυσθυμίας (dysthymías) | δυσθυμιών (dysthymión) |
| accusative | δυσθυμία (dysthymía) | δυσθυμίες (dysthymíes) |
| vocative | δυσθυμία (dysthymía) | δυσθυμίες (dysthymíes) |
Synonyms
- ακεφιά f (akefiá, “low spirits”)
Antonyms
Related terms
- ευθυμώ (efthymó, “I am happy”) and derivatives
- δύσθυμος (dýsthymos, “moody”)
- and see: θυμός m (thymós, “anger”)