γλυκυθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γλῠκῠ́θῡμος (glŭkŭ́thūmos, “sweet-minded”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), from γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s, “sweet”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/ → /ɣli.ci.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡly.ky.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣly.cy.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣli.ci.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā) f (genitive γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. sweetness of mind
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 635D
2. kind disposition, kindliness, benevolence
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Themistocles 10
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Moralia 2.970B

Inflection

First declension of ἡ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā	τὼ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā	αἱ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αι hai glŭkŭthūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês glŭkŭthūmĭ́ās	τοῖν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αιν toîn glŭkŭthūmĭ́ain	τῶν γλῠκῠθῡμῐῶν tôn glŭkŭthūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi glŭkŭthūmĭ́āi	τοῖν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αιν toîn glŭkŭthūmĭ́ain	ταῖς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αις taîs glŭkŭthūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn glŭkŭthūmĭ́ān	τὼ γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s glŭkŭthūmĭ́ās
Vocative	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́ᾱ glŭkŭthūmĭ́ā	γλῠκῠθῡμῐ́αι glŭkŭthūmĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “γλυκυθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γλυκυθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γλυκυθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γλυκυθυμία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)