ἐνθουσιαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός (enthousĭăsmós) +‎ -τής (-tḗs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /en.tʰuː.si.as.tɛ̌ːs/ → /en.θu.si.asˈtis/ → /en.θu.si.asˈtis/

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

Noun

ἐνθουσῐᾰστής • (enthousĭăstḗs) m (genitive ἐνθουσῐᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. an enthusiast, a zealot

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐνθουσῐᾰστής; τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐνθουσῐᾰστής ho enthousĭăstḗs	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ enthousĭăstā́	οἱ ἐνθουσῐᾰσταί hoi enthousĭăstaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰστοῦ toû enthousĭăstoû	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖν toîn enthousĭăstaîn	τῶν ἐνθουσῐᾰστῶν tôn enthousĭăstôn
Dative	τῷ ἐνθουσῐᾰστῇ tôi enthousĭăstêi	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖν toîn enthousĭăstaîn	τοῖς ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖς toîs enthousĭăstaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐνθουσῐᾰστήν tòn enthousĭăstḗn	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ enthousĭăstā́	τοὺς ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ς toùs enthousĭăstā́s
Vocative	ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾰ́ enthousĭăstắ	ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ enthousĭăstā́	ἐνθουσῐᾰσταί enthousĭăstaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: enthūsiastēs
• Serbo-Croatian: entuzìjast/ентузѝјаст

References

• “ἐνθουσιαστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐνθουσιαστής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “enthusiast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.