Word.ws English Dictionary

thumos

thumos is the alternative spelling of thymos.

Meaning of thymos

Noun

thymos (plural thymoi)

  1. (Platonic philosophy) That area of the soul where feelings of pride, indignation, shame etc are located.

Forms of thumos

pluralthumoi

Questions about thumos

What is thumos the alternative spelling of?
Thumos is the alternative spelling of thymos.

Words near thumos in the dictionary

  1. thumkas
  2. Thumleima
  3. Thumma
  4. Thummas
  5. thumoi
  6. thumos
  7. thumotic
  8. thump
  9. thump-cushion
  10. thump-cushions
  11. thump-thump

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: thumos (page history and authors); thymos (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “thumos.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/thumos. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.