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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

  • 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

  1. life

  2. soul

  3. the mind

  4. spirit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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