εὐθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔθῡμος (eúthūmos, “cheerful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /eɸ.θyˈmi.a/ → /ef.θiˈmi.a/

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

Noun

εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (euthūmíā) f (genitive εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. cheerfulness, good mood
2. contentment, tranquility
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Isthmian Ode 1.88
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 4.5.7
   • 522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Olympian Ode 2.63
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Cyropaedia 1.3.12

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē euthūmíā	τὼ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūmíā	αἱ εὐθῡμῐ́αι hai euthūmíai
Genitive	τῆς εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês euthūmíās	τοῖν εὐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn euthūmíain	τῶν εὐθῡμῐῶν tôn euthūmiôn
Dative	τῇ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi euthūmíāi	τοῖν εὐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn euthūmíain	ταῖς εὐθῡμῐ́αις taîs euthūmíais
Accusative	τὴν εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn euthūmíān	τὼ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūmíā	τᾱ̀ς εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s euthūmíās
Vocative	εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ euthūmíā	εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ euthūmíā	εὐθῡμῐ́αι euthūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

• δυσθυμία (dusthumía)

Descendants

• → English: euthymia (learned)

References

• “εὐθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “εὐθυμία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • animation idem, page 30.
  • brightness idem, page 98.
  • buoyancy idem, page 104.
  • cheerfulness idem, page 128.
  • delight idem, page 208.
  • elation idem, page 265.
  • enjoyment idem, page 275.
  • gaiety idem, page 351.
  • geniality idem, page 356.
  • hopefulness idem, page 405.
  • jollity idem, page 464.
  • joy idem, page 464.
  • light-heartedness idem, page 491.
  • liveliness idem, page 496.
  • merriment idem, page 526.
  • mirth idem, page 532.
  • radiance idem, page 668.
  • sprightliness idem, page 805.
  • vivacity idem, page 955.