εὐθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὔθῡμος (eúthūmos, “cheerful”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā), 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 • (euthūmĭ́ā) 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 euthūmĭ́ā	τὼ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūmĭ́ā	αἱ εὐθῡμῐ́αι hai euthūmĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês euthūmĭ́ās	τοῖν εὐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn euthūmĭ́ain	τῶν εὐθῡμῐῶν tôn euthūmĭôn
Dative	τῇ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi euthūmĭ́āi	τοῖν εὐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn euthūmĭ́ain	ταῖς εὐθῡμῐ́αις taîs euthūmĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn euthūmĭ́ān	τὼ εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ euthūmĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s euthūmĭ́ās
Vocative	εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ euthūmĭ́ā	εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ euthūmĭ́ā	εὐθῡμῐ́αι euthūmĭ́ai
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.