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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-, “not”) + θῡμός (thūmós, “spirit”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /a.θyˈmi.a/ → /a.θiˈmi.a/
Noun
ἀθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (athūmíā) f (genitive ἀθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- lack of heart, faintheartedness, despondency
Inflection
References
- “ἀθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀθυμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀθυμία 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.
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- sadness idem, page 730.
- sorrowfulness idem, page 795.
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