ecstasis
English
Etymology 1
Noun
ecstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ecstases)
- Alternative form of ekstasis.
Etymology 2
Noun
ecstasis
- (prosody) Synonym of paragoge.
- 1811, Peter Wilson, Introduction to Greek Prosody, page 160:
- The insertion of the i by poetic ecstasis furnishes the syllable necessary to complete the number of feet, […]
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.sta.sɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.st̪a.s̬is]
Noun
ecstasis f (genitive ecstasis or ecstaseōs or ecstasios); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ecstasis | ecstasēs ecstaseis |
| genitive | ecstasis ecstaseōs ecstasios |
ecstasium |
| dative | ecstasī | ecstasibus |
| accusative | ecstasim ecstasin ecstasem1 |
ecstasēs ecstasīs |
| ablative | ecstasī ecstase1 |
ecstasibus |
| vocative | ecstasis ecstasi |
ecstasēs ecstaseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
References
- “ecstasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "ecstasis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- ecstasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.