δύσθυμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δυσ- (dus-, “bad”) +‎ θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

Adjective

δῠ́σθῡμος • (dústhūmos) m or f (neuter δῠ́σθῡμον); second declension

1. desponding, melancholy, depressed
2. repentant
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 218
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 550
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Pericles 25
   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, Histories 1.87.1
   • 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 85B

Inflection

Derived terms

• δῠσθῡμῐ́ᾱ (dusthūmíā)

References

• “δύσθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δύσθυμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δύσθυμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δύσθυμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dejected idem, page 206.
  • depressed idem, page 213.
  • despairing idem, page 216.
  • despondent idem, page 217.
  • discouraged idem, page 230.
  • disheartened idem, page 234.
  • dismal idem, page 235.
  • gloomy idem, page 362.
  • heavy idem, page 393.
  • hopeless idem, page 405.
  • joyless idem, page 465.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • low-spirited idem, page 503.
  • melancholy idem, page 524.
  • miserable idem, page 533.
  • mournful idem, page 544.
  • sad idem, page 730.
  • sorrowful idem, page 795.
  • spiritless idem, page 802.
  • woebegone idem, page 986.