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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

  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἐξαγαγέτω τὰ ὕδατα ἑρπετὰ ψυχῶν ζωσῶν καὶ πετεινὰ πετόμενα ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ τὸ στερέωμα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:20)
  • καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὰ κήτη τὰ μεγάλα καὶ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν ζῴων ἑρπετῶν, ἃ ἐξήγαγε τὰ ὕδατα κατὰ γένη αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶν πετεινὸν πτερωτὸν κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ εἶδεν ὁ Θεόσ, ὅτι καλά. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:21)
  • Καὶ εἶπεν ὁ Θεόσ. ἐξαγαγέτω ἡ γῆ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν κατὰ γένοσ, τετράποδα καὶ ἑρπετὰ καὶ θηρία τῆσ γῆσ κατὰ γένοσ. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:24)
  • καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ πετεινοῖσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ παντὶ ἑρπετῷ ἕρποντι ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ, ὃ ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ψυχὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ πάντα χόρτον χλωρὸν εἰσ βρῶσιν. καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 1:30)
  • καὶ ἔπλασεν ὁ Θεὸσ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆσ γῆσ, καὶ ἐνεφύσησεν εἰσ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆσ, καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωποσ εἰσ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 2:7)
  • καὶ πάσῃ ψυχῇ ζώσῃ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν, ἀπὸ ὀρνέων καὶ ἀπὸ κτηνῶν, καὶ πᾶσι τοῖσ θηρίοισ τῆσ γῆσ, ὅσα ἐστὶ μεθ̓ ὑμῶν ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν ἐξελθόντων ἐκ τῆσ κιβωτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 9:10)
  • εἰπὸν οὖν, ὅτι ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ εἰμι, ὅπωσ ἂν εὖ μοι γένηται διὰ σέ, καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:13)
  • καὶ ἀπερίτμητοσ ἄρσην, ὃσ οὐ περιτμηθήσεται τὴν σάρκα τῆσ ἀκροβυστίασ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ὀγδόῃ, ἐξολοθρευθήσεται ἡ ψυχὴ ἐκείνη ἐκ τοῦ γένουσ αὐτῆσ, ὅτι τὴν διαθήκην μου διεσκέδασε. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 17:14)
  • ἰδοὺ ἡ πόλισ αὕτη ἐγγὺσ τοῦ καταφυγεῖν με ἐκεῖ, ἥ ἐστι μικρά, καὶ ἐκεῖ διασωθήσομαι. οὐ μικρά ἐστι̣ καὶ ζήσεται ἡ ψυχή μου ἕνεκέν σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:20)
  • καὶ ἐλάλησε πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ Ἁβραὰμ λέγων. εἰ ἔχετε τῇ ψυχῇ ὑμῶν, ὥστε θάψαι τὸν νεκρόν μου ἀπὸ προσώπου μου, ἀκούσατέ μου καὶ λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ Ἐφρὼν τῷ τοῦ Σαάρ, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 23:8)

Synonyms

  1. life

  2. soul

  3. the mind

  4. spirit

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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