thymós

thymós θυμός Thymos eigtl. Rauch; übrtrgn. Seele, Sitz des Gemüt, Gefühl, Gedanke

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

• IPA^(key): /tʰyː.mós/ → /θyˈmos/ → /θiˈmos/

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