ἐνθουσιάζω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

ἐνθουσιάω (enthousiáō)

Etymology

From ἔνθους (énthous), later contracted form of ἔνθεος (éntheos, “possessed by a god”), +‎ -ιάζω (-iázō, denominative verb suffix),^[1] influenced by οὐσία (ousía, “essence”).

Verb

ἐνθουσιάζω • (enthousiázō)

(intransitive) to be inspired or possessed by a god, to be rapt, to be in ecstasy
(transitive) to inspire

Derived terms

ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós)
ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνθουσιάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

“ἐνθουσιάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐνθουσιάζω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐνθουσιάζω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἐνθουσιάζω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“enthusiasm”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἐνθουσιάζω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

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