ἐνθουσιαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐνθουσῐᾰσμός (enthousiasmós) +‎ -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 • (enthousiastḗs) 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 enthousiastḗs	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ enthousiastā́	οἱ ἐνθουσῐᾰσταί hoi enthousiastaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἐνθουσῐᾰστοῦ toû enthousiastoû	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖν toîn enthousiastaîn	τῶν ἐνθουσῐᾰστῶν tôn enthousiastôn
Dative	τῷ ἐνθουσῐᾰστῇ tôi enthousiastêi	τοῖν ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖν toîn enthousiastaîn	τοῖς ἐνθουσῐᾰσταῖς toîs enthousiastaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἐνθουσῐᾰστήν tòn enthousiastḗn	τὼ ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ tṑ enthousiastā́	τοὺς ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ς toùs enthousiastā́s
Vocative	ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾰ́ enthousiastá	ἐνθουσῐᾰστᾱ́ enthousiastā́	ἐνθουσῐᾰσταί enthousiastaí
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 (2006–2024)
• “enthusiast”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.