ἐνθουσιασμός

See also: ενθουσιασμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐνθουσιάζω (enthousiázō) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.tʰuː.si.az.mós/ → /en.θu.si.azˈmos/ → /en.θu.si.azˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /en.tʰuː.si.az.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /en.tʰu.si.azˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /en.θu.si.azˈmos/

Noun

ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός • (enthousiasmós) m (genitive ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῦ); second declension

1. inspiration, enthusiasm

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός; τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός ho enthousiasmós	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ tṑ enthousiasmṓ	οἱ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοί hoi enthousiasmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῦ toû enthousiasmoû	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖν toîn enthousiasmoîn	τῶν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμῶν tôn enthousiasmôn
Dative	τῷ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμῷ tôi enthousiasmôi	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖν toîn enthousiasmoîn	τοῖς ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοῖς toîs enthousiasmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐνθουσῐᾰσμόν tòn enthousiasmón	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ tṑ enthousiasmṓ	τοὺς ἐνθουσῐᾰσμούς toùs enthousiasmoús
Vocative	ἐνθουσῐᾰσμέ enthousiasmé	ἐνθουσῐᾰσμώ enthousiasmṓ	ἐνθουσῐᾰσμοί enthousiasmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἐνθουσῐ́ᾰσῐς (enthousíasis)

Derived terms

• ἐνθουσῐᾰστής (enthousiastḗs)
• ἐνθουσῐᾰστῐκός (enthousiastikós)
• ἐνθουσῐᾰστῐκῶς (enthousiastikôs)

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 (2006–2023)
• 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.
• enthusiasm in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911