athambia

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin athambia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθαμβία (athambía), from θάμβος (thámbos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈθæmbiə/

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Noun

athambia (plural athambias)

1. imperturbability, ataraxia
   • 1914, Cicero, Marcus Tullius, translated by H. Rackham, De finibus bonorum et malorum‎^[1], →OCLC, page 491:

     Even if he supposed happiness to consist in knowledge, still he designed that his study of natural philosophy should procure him peace of mind ; since that is his conception of the Chief Good, which he entitles euthumia, or often athambia, that is freedom from alarm.

   • 1954, Beckett, Samuel, 1906-1989, Waiting for Godot: a tragicomedy in two acts‎^[2], →OCLC:

     Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell […]

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθαμβία (athambía), from θάμβος (thámbos).

Noun

athambia f (genitive athambiae); first declension

1. ataraxia
   • 1527, Marcus Tullius Cicero, De finibus bonorum & malorum […] ‎^[3]:

     Tambos græce terror: & pauor latine: unde athambia ſecuritas quedam terrore libera & ſollicitudine

     Tambos, in Greek, terror: and less in Latin: whence "'athambia'" means security free from some terror and anxiety.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	athambia	athambiae
genitive	athambiae	athambiārum
dative	athambiae	athambiīs
accusative	athambiam	athambiās
ablative	athambiā	athambiīs
vocative	athambia	athambiae