Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἔμψυχος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔμψυχος ἔμψυχον

Structure: ἐμψυχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)n, yuxh/

Sense

  1. having life in one, alive, living
  2. animated

Examples

  • Ἐμπεδοκλῆσ δ’ ὁ Ἀκραγαντῖνοσ ἵπποισ Ὀλύμπια νικήσασ, Πυθαγορικὸσ ὢν καὶ ἐμψύχων ἀπεχόμενοσ, ἐκ σμύρνησ καὶ λιβανωτοῦ καὶ τῶν πολυτελεστάτων ἀρωμάτων βοῦν ἀναπλάσασ διένειμε τοῖσ εἰσ τὴν πανήγυριν ἀπαντήσασιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 5 1:3)
  • ἐπειδὰν γὰρ ἐκ διαστήματοσ αὐτομάτωσ κράδαι συμπέσωσι, ἐμψύχων περιπλοκῇ ἐν τῷ μένουσιν ἡνωμέναι καθάπερ ἀπὸ ῥίζησ μιᾶσ, καὶ τὸ λοιπὸν ἀνατρέχουσιν καὶ ζωοφυτοῦσιν διὸ καὶ τοῖσ ἡμέροισ φυλακὴν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν κατασκευάζουσιν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 29 3:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τὸ μὲν αὐτόματον κοινὸν ἐμψύχων τε καὶ ἀψύχων· (Plutarch, De fato, section 7 16:1)
  • οὐκ ἀπείχετο δὲ ἐμψύχων, ὡσ Ἀριστόξενοσ εἴρηκεν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 13 1:1)
  • λέξω δὲ καὶ μὴ προβληθέντοσ διὰ τί οἱ Πυθαγορικοὶ τῶν μὲν ἄλλων ἐμψύχων μετρίωσ ἅπτονται, τινά. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 80 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. having life in one

  2. animated

Related

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

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