ἐπιθυμία
See also: επιθυμία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Related to ἐπῐ́θῡμος (epíthūmos, “desirous”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/
Noun
ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (epithūmíā) f (genitive ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- yearning, longing, desire, craving
- Often with a negative connotation: lust
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē epithūmíā | τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ epithūmíā | αἱ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι hai epithūmíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês epithūmíās | τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn epithūmíain | τῶν ἐπῐθῡμῐῶν tôn epithūmiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi epithūmíāi | τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn epithūmíain | ταῖς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αις taîs epithūmíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn epithūmíān | τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ epithūmíā | τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epithūmíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ epithūmíā | ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ epithūmíā | ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι epithūmíai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- ἵμερος (hímeros)
Descendants
- → Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲁ (epithumia)
- Greek: επιθυμία (epithymía)
References
- “ἐπιθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G1939 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- appetite idem, page 35.
- aspiration idem, page 45.
- bent idem, page 74.
- caprice idem, page 112.
- concupiscence idem, page 156.
- craving idem, page 182.
- desire idem, page 215.
- hunger idem, page 410.
- inclination idem, page 428.
- itch idem, page 461.
- longing idem, page 498.
- lust idem, page 505.
- passion idem, page 597.
- predilection idem, page 634.
- proneness idem, page 653.
- vagary idem, page 942.
- want idem, page 961.
- whim idem, page 976.
- wish idem, page 983.
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press