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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

  • ἃ γὰρ ἐν δυοῖν τε ὄντα ψυχαῖν τυγχάνει καὶ λογισαμένοισ εὑρεῖν βέλτιστα ἑτοίμωσ ἔχει, ταῦτα δὲ σχεδὸν ὁ κρίνων ἀδύνατα οὐκ εὖ φρονεῖ. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 8 35:3)
  • καὶ οὐδέν γε μᾶλλον τὸ τῆσ μοναρχίασ ἀγαθὸν διέφθαρται, ἀλλ’ ἐστὶ μοναρχία θαυμαστὴ δυοῖν σώμασι καὶ δυοῖν ψυχαῖν μιᾶσ γνώμησ ἐνιδρυμένησ, ὥσπερ τινὸσ ἁρμονίασ διὰ πασῶν τῶν χορδῶν διηκούσησ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:7)

Synonyms

  1. life

  2. soul

  3. the mind

  4. spirit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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