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εὐψυχία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐψυχία

Structure: εὐψυχι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from eu)/yu_xos

Sense

  1. good courage, high spirit

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative εὐψυχία εὐψυχίᾱ εὐψυχίαι
Genitive εὐψυχίᾱς εὐψυχίαιν εὐψυχιῶν
Dative εὐψυχίᾱͅ εὐψυχίαιν εὐψυχίαις
Accusative εὐψυχίᾱν εὐψυχίᾱ εὐψυχίᾱς
Vocative εὐψυχίᾱ εὐψυχίᾱ εὐψυχίαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἱππεῖσ τοῖσ τῶν Θηβαίων ἐπελάσαντεσ ἠλαττοῦντο οὐχ οὕτω ταῖσ τῶν ἵππων ἀρεταῖσ οὐδὲ ταῖσ ἰδίαισ εὐψυχίαισ οὐδὲ ταῖσ κατὰ τὴν ἱππικὴν ἐμπειρίαισ· (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 84 10:1)
  • ἡμιλλῶντο δὲ πρὸσ ἑαυτοὺσ καὶ κατ’ ἄνδρα καὶ κατὰ τάγμα ταῖσ εὐψυχίαισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 69 5:1)
  • ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐν ταῖσ τῶν μισθοφόρων εὐψυχίαισ ἔχει τὰσ ἐλπίδασ ἀεὶ τῆσ ἐλευθερίασ, ἡ δὲ Ῥωμαίων ἐν ταῖσ σφετέραισ ἀρεταῖσ καὶ ταῖσ τῶν συμμάχων ἐπαρκείαισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 52 5:2)
  • οἱ δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι καὶ τῇ δυνάμει καὶ ταῖσ εὐψυχίαισ καθυπερεῖχον, καὶ μάλιστα τῷ τοῖσ χρησιμωτάτοισ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἀχρειοτάτουσ τῶν πολεμίων συμβεβληκέναι διὰ τὴν τοῦ στρατηγοῦ πρόνοιαν. (Polybius, Histories, book 11, chapter 24 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. good courage

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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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