athambia

Borrowed from Latin athambia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθαμβία (athambía), from θάμβος (thámbos).

• IPA^(key): /əˈθæmbiə/

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athambia (plural athambias)

1. imperturbability, ataraxia
   • 1914, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, translated by H. Rackham, De finibus bonorum et malorum‎, →OCLC, page 491:

     Even if he supposed happiness to consist in knowledge, still he designed that his study of natural philosophy should procure him peace of mind ; since that is his conception of the Chief Good, which he entitles euthumia, or often athambia, that is freedom from alarm.

   • 1954, Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, Waiting for Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts‎, →OCLC:

     Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell […]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθαμβία (athambía), from θάμβος (thámbos).

athambia f (genitive athambiae); first declension

1. ataraxia
   • 1527, Marcus Tullius Cicero, De finibus bonorum & malorum ‎:

     Tambos græce terror: & pauor latine: unde athambia ſecuritas quedam terrore libera & ſollicitudine

     Tambos, in Greek, terror: and less in Latin: whence "'athambia'" means security free from some terror and anxiety.

First-declension noun.