ἐνθουσιασμός
See also: ενθουσιασμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /en.tʰuː.si.az.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /en.tʰu.si.azˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/
Noun
ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός • (enthousĭăsmós) m (genitive ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός ho enthousĭăsmós |
τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ tṑ enthousĭăsmṓ |
οἱ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοί hoi enthousĭăsmoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῦ toû enthousĭăsmoû |
τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖν toîn enthousĭăsmoîn |
τῶν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμῶν tôn enthousĭăsmôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμῷ tōî enthousĭăsmōî |
τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖν toîn enthousĭăsmoîn |
τοῖς ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖς toîs enthousĭăsmoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμόν tòn enthousĭăsmón |
τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ tṑ enthousĭăsmṓ |
τοὺς ἐνθουσῐᾰσμούς toùs enthousĭăsmoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐνθουσῐᾰσμέ enthousĭăsmé |
ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ enthousĭăsmṓ |
ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοί enthousĭăsmoí | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἐνθουσῐ́ᾰσῐς (enthousĭ́ăsĭs)
Derived terms
- ἐνθουσῐᾰστής (enthousĭăstḗs)
- ἐνθουσῐᾰστῐκός (enthousĭăstĭkós)
- ἐνθουσῐᾰστῐκῶς (enthousĭăstĭkôs)
Descendants
- → New Latin: enthūsiasmus (learned)
- → Esperanto: entuziasmo (learned)
- → Middle French: enthousiasme (learned)
- → English: enthusiasm (learned)
- French: enthousiasme
- → German: Enthusiasmus (learned)
- → Ido: entuziasmo (learned)
- → Italian: entusiasmo (learned)
- → Polish: entuzjazm (learned)
- → Portuguese: entusiasmo (learned)
- → Spanish: entusiasmo (learned)
References
- “ἐνθουσιασμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐνθουσιασμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐνθουσιασμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ecstasy idem, page 261.
- lnspiration idem, page 496.
- rapture idem, page 672.
- transport idem, page 889.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “enthusiasm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.