ecstasy

From LSJ

ἀσμένῳ δέ σοι ἡ ποικιλείμων νὺξ ἀποκρύψει φάοςglad wilt thou be when night, arrayed in spangled garb, shuts out the light

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

of joy: P. and V. ἡδονή, ἡ, χαρά, ἡ, V. χαρμονή, ἡ (Plato but rare P.). χάρμα, τό; see joy.

possession (by a god): P. κατοκωχή, ἡ, ἐνθουσιασμός, ὁ.

eagerness: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.