"ἐπιθυμία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἐπιθυμία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/, /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/, /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/, /e.pi.tʰyː.mí.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /e.pi.tʰyˈmi.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /e.pi.θyˈmi.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /e.pi.θiˈmi.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Related to ἐπῐ́θῡμος (epĭ́thūmos, “desirous”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|ἐπῐ́θῡμος|-ῐ́ᾱ|t1=desirous}} ἐπῐ́θῡμος (epĭ́thūmos, “desirous”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς|f|first|head=ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ}} ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ • (epĭthūmĭ́ā) f (genitive ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ|ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς}} Forms: ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [canonical], epĭthūmĭ́ā [romanization], ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι [nominative, plural], τῆς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ἐπῐθῡμῐῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αις [dative, plural], τὴν ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱς [accusative, plural], ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [singular, vocative], ἐπῐθῡμῐ́ᾱ [dual, vocative], ἐπῐθῡμῐ́αι [plural, vocative]
  1. yearning, longing, desire, craving Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-ἐπιθυμία-grc-noun-FCWuBGOn Disambiguation of Emotions: 64 36 Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29
  2. Often with a negative connotation: lust
    Sense id: en-ἐπιθυμία-grc-noun-dlxKUe4T Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ἵμερος (hímeros)
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      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e.pi.θiˈmi.a/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "hímeros",
      "word": "ἵμερος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἐπιθυμία"
}

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