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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὔθῡμος (eúthūmos, “cheerful”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “soul”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /eɸ.θyˈmi.a/ → /ef.θiˈmi.a/
Noun
εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (euthūmíā) f (genitive εὐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- cheerfulness, good mood
- contentment, tranquility
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References
- “εὐθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “εὐθυμία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- delight idem, page 208.
- elation idem, page 265.
- enjoyment idem, page 275.
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- geniality idem, page 356.
- hopefulness idem, page 405.
- jollity idem, page 464.
- joy idem, page 464.
- light-heartedness idem, page 491.
- liveliness idem, page 496.
- merriment idem, page 526.
- mirth idem, page 532.
- radiance idem, page 668.
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- vivacity idem, page 955.