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ψυχάριον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψυχάριον ψυχάριου

Structure: ψυχαρι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/의 지소사, Plat.

Sense

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ψυχάριον ψυχαρίω ψυχάρια
Genitive ψυχαρίου ψυχαρίοιν ψυχαρίων
Dative ψυχαρίῳ ψυχαρίοιν ψυχαρίοις
Accusative ψυχάριον ψυχαρίω ψυχάρια
Vocative ψυχάριον ψυχαρίω ψυχάρια

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

  • ἐὰν δὲ πρὸσ πᾶσι τούτοισ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλων συμπεπτωκότα ᾖ ὑπὸ στενοχωρίασ, ἐάν του σμικρὸν ᾖ τὸ ψυχάριον, ἔτι ἀσαφέστερα ἐκείνων. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 321:2)
  • κἄν τισ ἐλθὼν εἴπῃ σοι ὅτι "λόγου γινομένου, τίσ ἄριστόσ ἐστι τῶν φιλοσόφων, παρών τισ ἔλεγεν, ὅτι εἷσ φιλόσοφοσ ὁ δεῖνα", γέγονέ σου τὸ ψυχάριον ἀντὶ δακτυλιαίου δίπηχυ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 10:1)
  • Ψυχάριον εἶ βαστάζον νεκρόν, ὡσ Ἐπίκτητοσ ἔλεγεν. (Epictetus, Works, book 0 25:1)
  • ἢ οὔπω ἐννενόηκασ, τῶν λεγομένων πονηρῶν μέν, σοφῶν δέ, ὡσ δριμὺ μὲν βλέπει τὸ ψυχάριον καὶ ὀξέωσ διορᾷ ταῦτα ἐφ’ ἃ τέτραπται, ὡσ οὐ φαύλην ἔχον τὴν ὄψιν, κακίᾳ δ’ ἠναγκασμένον ὑπηρετεῖν, ὥστε ὅσῳ ἂν ὀξύτερον βλέπῃ, τοσούτῳ πλείω κακὰ ἐργαζόμενον; (Plato, Republic, book 7 79:1)

Similar forms

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

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