extasis

extasis

See also: éxtasis

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis).

    Noun

    extasis f (genitive extasis or extaseōs or extasios); third declension

    1. rapture, ecstasy, trance
    2. terror, amazement

    Declension

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

    singular plural
    nominative extasis extasēs
    extaseis
    genitive extasis
    extaseōs
    extasios
    extasium
    dative extasī extasibus
    accusative extasim
    extasin
    extasem1
    extasēs
    extasīs
    ablative extasī
    extase1
    extasibus
    vocative extasis
    extasi
    extasēs
    extaseis

    1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

    Descendants

    • English: ecstasy
    • French: extase
    • Italian: estasi
    • Piedmontese: éstasi
    • Portuguese: êxtase
    • Russian: экстаз (ekstaz)
    • Spanish: éxtasis

    References

    • extasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • "extasis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • extasis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.