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ψυχικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψυχικός

Structure: ψυχικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. of or relating to life or the soul
  2. concerned only with the life or animal qualities, as opposed with spiritual concerns

Examples

  • "ἔσχατον δὲ τὸν περιέχοντα τούτουσ, τὸν τοῦ δωδεκαέδρου, πολύχυτον καὶ πολύτρεπτον, ᾧ μάλιστα δὴ ταῖσ ψυχικαῖσ; (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 23 3:6)
  • διαφέρουσι μὲν οὖν καὶ φύσει πάντεσ Ἰταλιῶται Φοινίκων καὶ Λιβύων τῇ τε σωματικῇ ῥώμῃ καὶ ταῖσ ψυχικαῖσ τόλμαισ· (Polybius, Histories, book 6, chapter 52 10:1)

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