COMPOUND: ἐχέθυμος, -ον
CATEGORIZATION: A [V+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘a master of one’s passions, under self-control’
ETYMOLOGY: verbal root ἐχε- (ἔχω) ‘have, hold’ + noun root θυμ- (θυμός, -ου) ‘soul, spirit, as the principle of life, feeling and thought’ + adj. suf. -ος, -ον
OCCURRENCE: Od. VIII, 320
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. f. (target gender) sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinative (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: linking element -ε-