θυμός

See also: θύμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *tʰūmós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke). Cognates include Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá), Lithuanian dūmas, Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ) and Albanian tym.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

θῡμός • (thūmós) m (genitive θῡμοῦ); second declension (Epic, Attic, Ionic, Doric, Aeolic, Koine)

  1. soul, as the seat of emotion, feeling, and thought
  2. soul, life, breath
  3. soul, heart
  4. desire, will
  5. temper, passion, disposition
  6. anger, rage, wrath
  7. heart, love
  8. thought, mind

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: θυμός (thymós)
  • ? Albanian: tym
  • English: alexithymia, arithmothymia, cyclothymia, dysthymia, hyperthymia, hypothymia, isothymia, megalothymia, schizothymia
  • Russian: алекситими́я (aleksitimíja), гипертими́я (gipertimíja), гипотими́я (gipotimíja), дистими́я (distimíja), паратими́я (paratimíja), циклотими́я (ciklotimíja), шизотими́я (šizotimíja)

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), from Proto-Hellenic *tʰūmós, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiˈmos/

Noun

θυμός • (thymós) m (plural θυμοί)

  1. anger, rage

Declension

Synonyms

Further reading

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