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ψυχή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψυχή ψυχῆς

Structure: ψυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: yu/xw

Sense

  1. life (the state of being alive)
  2. (poetic) life-breath, life-blood (‘the state of being alive’ made corporeal)
  3. soul (the immortal part of a person)
  4. ghost (the spirit of a dead person)
  5. the mind (seat or organ of thought), (the faculty of) reason
  6. spirit (animated attitude)
  7. (rare, extended from the meaning ‘soul’) butterfly

Declension

First declension

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

  • τῷ δ’ ἐναντία ψυχὰ προφάνη Μελεάγρου καί νιν εὖ εἰδὼσ προσεῖπεν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 6:2)
  • μινύνθη δέ μοι ψυχὰ γλυκεῖα, γνῶν δ’ ὀλιγοσθενέων· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 12:1)
  • τὸν δὲ μενεπτολέμου ψυχὰ προσέφα Μελεά‐ γρου· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 13:4)
  • παρθενίᾳ γὰρ ἔτι ψυχᾷ κίον ἐσ τέμενοσ πορφυροζώνοιο θεᾶσ· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 4:2)
  • φράσω γὰρ δὴ ὅσον μοι ψυχᾷ προσφιλέσ ἐστιν εἰπεῖν. (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, strophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. life

  2. soul

  3. the mind

  4. spirit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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