enthusiasm Copy link Outline I. Religious excitementII. Any fervid feeling1. stŭdium (ardour, devotion, q. v.2. fervor, ardor, incĭtātio • enthusiasm: I. Religious excitement: fŭror: v. frenzy, fanaticism. Phr.: to be filled with a kind of e., quasi divino quodam spiritu inflari, Cic. Arch. 8, 18: v. inspiration. (Cic. has ἐνθουσιασμός in Greek characters = afflatus, poetic inspiration, Q. Fr. 3, 4.) II. Any fervid feeling: 1. stŭdium (ardour, devotion, q. v.: often in pl.): to be full of e. for the discovery of truth, ardere studio veri reperiendi, Cic.: with such e. on the part of all good men, tanto s. omnium bonorum, Cic.: with extraordinary good will and e., praestanti (in me) benevolentia et divino s., Cic. ad Quir. 6, 15: under the influence of a strong e. for philosophy, admirabili quodam ad philosophiam s. concitatus, Cic. Br. 89, 306: such was the e. felt about my safety, haec erat studiorum in mea salute contentio, Cic. Sext. 62, 130. 2. fervor, ardor, incĭtātio: v. ardour. Phr.: in a sudden fit of e., repentino quodam impetu animi incitatus, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49: to be received with considerable e. (of a singer), effusius excipi, Suet. Ner. 22, fin.; (of an actor), magno cum fremitu et clamore dicere, Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3; without any e., mortuo plausu, Cic. l. c.: no good poet without e., poeta bonus nemo sine inflammatione animorum, Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 194: nor did the e. of the people flag, neque elanguit cura hominum, Liv. 23, 23, fin.