- ἐνθουσιάζω
- ἐνθουσιάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `be possessed by a god' (Pl., hell.).Other forms: -ιάω (A., E.), aor. ἐνθουσιάσαι, -ᾶσαιDerivatives: ἐνθουσίασις (Pl., Ph.), ἐνθουσιασμός (Democr., Pl.), ἐνθουσία (Procl.; postverbal); ἐνθουσιαστικός `possessed' (Pl., Arist.), -αστής `somebody who is ...' (Ptol.); ἐνθουσιώδης, adv. -δῶς `possessed' (Hp.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: From ἔνθεος after the verbs in -σιάζω (θυσιάζω a. o.) and the verbs of illness in -ιάω (Osthoff MU 2, 38); with εο \> ου Schwyzer 251. - To ἔνθεος prop. "in whom is a god" s. Schwyzer 429 and 435, Strömberg Prefix Studies 115.Page in Frisk: 1,517
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.