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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 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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