ἐπιθυμία

See also: επιθυμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Related to ἐπῐ́θῡμος (epíthūmos, “desirous”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/ → /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ → /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/

Noun

ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (epithūmíā) f (genitive ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. yearning, longing, desire, craving
2. Often with a negative connotation: lust

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ hē epithūmíā	τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ epithūmíā	αἱ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι hai epithūmíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tês epithūmíās	τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn epithūmíain	τῶν ἐπῐθῡμῐῶν tôn epithūmiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ têi epithūmíāi	τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν toîn epithūmíain	ταῖς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αις taîs epithūmíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν tḕn epithūmíān	τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ tṑ epithūmíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς tā̀s epithūmíās
Vocative	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ epithūmíā	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ epithūmíā	ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι epithūmíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• ἵμερος (hímeros)

Descendants

• → Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲑⲩⲙⲓⲁ (epithumia)
• Greek: επιθυμία (epithymía)

References

• “ἐπιθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιθυμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G1939 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • appetite idem, page 35.
  • aspiration idem, page 45.
  • bent idem, page 74.
  • caprice idem, page 112.
  • concupiscence idem, page 156.
  • craving idem, page 182.
  • desire idem, page 215.
  • hunger idem, page 410.
  • inclination idem, page 428.
  • itch idem, page 461.
  • longing idem, page 498.
  • lust idem, page 505.
  • passion idem, page 597.
  • predilection idem, page 634.
  • proneness idem, page 653.
  • vagary idem, page 942.
  • want idem, page 961.
  • whim idem, page 976.
  • wish idem, page 983.
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press