extasis
See also: éxtasis
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).
Noun
extasis f (genitive extasis or extaseōs or extasios); third declension
- rapture, ecstasy, trance
- terror, amazement
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | extasis | extasēs extaseis |
| Genitive | extasis extaseōs extasios | extasium |
| Dative | extasī | extasibus |
| Accusative | extasim extasin extasem1 | extasēs extasīs |
| Ablative | extasī extase1 | extasibus |
| Vocative | extasis extasi | extasēs extaseis |
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
- English: ecstasy
- French: extase
- Italian: estasi
- Piedmontese: éstasi
- Portuguese: êxtase
- Russian: экстаз (ekstaz)
- Spanish: éxtasis
References
- “extasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- extasis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- extasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette