ecstasis

English

Noun

ecstasis (countable and uncountable, plural ecstases)

  1. Alternative form of ekstasis

Noun

ecstasis

  1. (prosody) Synonym of paragoge
    • 1811, Peter Wilson, Introduction to Greek Prosody, page 160:
      The insertion of the i by poetic ecstasis furnishes the syllable necessary to complete the number of feet, []

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).

Noun

ecstasis f (genitive ecstasis or ecstaseōs or ecstasios); third declension

  1. ecstasy, trance, rapture

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ecstasis ecstasēs
ecstaseis
Genitive ecstasis
ecstaseōs
ecstasios
ecstasium
Dative ecstasī ecstasibus
Accusative ecstasim
ecstasin
ecstasem1
ecstasēs
ecstasīs
Ablative ecstasī
ecstase1
ecstasibus
Vocative ecstasis
ecstasi
ecstasēs
ecstaseis

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.