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, and Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ).

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

  • English: alexithymia, arithmothymia, cyclothymia, dysthymia, hyperthymia, hypothymia, isothymia, megalothymia, schizothymia
  • Greek: θυμός (thymós)
  • 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).

Noun

θυμός (thymós) m (plural θυμοί)

  1. anger, rage

Declension

Synonyms

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