Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀψυχία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀψυχία

Etym.: from a)/yuxos

Sense

  1. want of life: want of spirit, faint-heartedness

Examples

  • ἀψυχίᾳ γὰρ γλῶσσαν ἁρπάζει φόβοσ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode15)
  • θείνει δ’ ὀνείδει μάντιν Οἰκλείδην σοφόν, σαίνειν μόρον τε καὶ μάχην ἀψυχίᾳ. (Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes, episode8)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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