ψυχή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ψυχή
ψυχῆς
Structure:
ψυχ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- life (the state of being alive)
- (poetic) life-breath, life-blood (‘the state of being alive’ made corporeal)
- soul (the immortal part of a person)
- ghost (the spirit of a dead person)
- the mind (seat or organ of thought), (the faculty of) reason
- spirit (animated attitude)
- (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.
- οὗτοι υἱοὶ Λείασ, οὓσ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακὼβ ἐν Μεσοποταμίᾳ τῆσ Συρίασ, καὶ Δείναν τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ. πᾶσαι αἱ ψυχαί, υἱοὶ καὶ θυγατέρεσ, τριάκοντα τρεῖσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:15)
- οὗτοι υἱοὶ Ραχήλ, οὓσ ἔτεκε τῷ Ἰακώβ. πᾶσαι αἱ ψυχαὶ δεκαοκτώ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:22)
- οὗτοι υἱοὶ Βαλᾶσ, ἣν ἔδωκε Λάβαν Ραχὴλ τῇ θυγατρὶ αὐτοῦ, ἣ ἔτεκε τούτουσ τῷ Ἰακώβ. πᾶσαι αἱ ψυχαὶ ἑπτά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:25)
- πᾶσαι δέ αἱ ψυχαὶ αἱ εἰσελθοῦσαι μετὰ Ἰακὼβ εἰσ Αἴγυπτον, οἱ ἐξελθόντεσ ἐκ τῶν μηρῶν αὐτοῦ, χωρὶσ τῶν γυναικῶν υἱῶν Ἰακώβ, πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ ἑξηκονταέξ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 46:26)
Synonyms
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life
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soul
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the mind
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spirit