ἐνθουσιάζω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ἐνθουσιάω (enthousiáō)
Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]ἐνθουσιάζω • (enthousiázō)
- (intransitive) to be inspired or possessed by a god, to be rapt, to be in ecstasy
- (transitive) to inspire
Derived terms
[edit]- ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós)
- ἐνθουσιαστής (enthousiastḗs)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
Further reading
[edit]- “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.