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ἔκστασις

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔκστασις ἐκστάσεως

Structure: ἐκστασι (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: e)ci/sthmi

Sense

  1. displacement from proper place
  2. displacement of the mind: amazement, astonishment, bewilderment
  3. trance, ecstasy

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Εἰσ τὸ τέλοσ. ψαλμὸσ τῷ Δαυί̈δ. ἐκστάσεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 30:1)
  • "καί μοι δοκεῖ μάλιστα πρὸσ τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ἀντιταττόμενον τὸ ῥῆμα καὶ μαρτυρόμενον εἶ φάναι πρὸσ τὸν θεόν, ὡσ οὐδέποτε γιγνομένησ περὶ αὐτὸν ἐκστάσεωσ καὶ μεταβολῆσ, ἀλλ’ ἑτέρῳ τινὶ θεῷ, μᾶλλον δὲ δαίμονι τεταγμένῳ περὶ τὴν ἐν φθορᾷ καὶ γενέσει φύσιν, τοῦτο ποιεῖν καὶ πάσχειν προσῆκον· (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 216)
  • ἐπεγίνωσκον δὲ αὐτὸν ὅτι οὗτοσ ἦν ὁ πρὸσ τὴν ἐλεημοσύνην καθήμενοσ ἐπὶ τῇ Ὡραίᾳ Πύλῃ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, καὶ ἐπλήσθησαν θάμβουσ καὶ ἐκστάσεωσ ἐπὶ τῷ συμβεβηκότι αὐτῷ. (, chapter 1 89:1)

Synonyms

  1. displacement from proper place

  2. displacement of the mind

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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