extasis

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See also: éxtasis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).

Noun

extasis f (genitive extasis or extaseōs or extasios); third declension

  1. rapture, ecstasy, trance
  2. terror, amazement

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

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