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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

  • προστετηκότα καὶ τοῖσ ἀναλώμασιν ἐπιστένοντα καὶ μηδενὸσ εἰσ χρηματισμὸν συντελοῦντοσ αἰσχροῦ μηδ’ ἀνιαροῦ φειδόμενον, οἰκίασ δ’ ἔχοντα καὶ χώρασ καὶ ἀγέλασ καὶ ἀνδράποδα σὺν ἱματίοισ, τί φήσομεν τὸ πάθοσ εἶναι τἀνθρώπου ἢ πενίαν ψυχικήν; (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 4 2:1)
  • τὴν δὲ ψυχικὴν ἐκείνην οὐκ ἂν ἐμπλήσειαν ἅπαντεσ οὔτε ζῶντεσ οὔτε ἀποθανόντεσ. (Plutarch, De cupiditate divitiarum, section 4 3:2)
  • ‐ Ἐπὶ τίνι οὖν ἡσθησόμεθα ταύτην τὴν ψυχικὴν ἡδονήν; (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 6:7)
  • Διττὴν δ’ ἔλεγεν εἶναι τὴν ἄσκησιν, τὴν μὲν ψυχικήν, τὴν δὲ σωματικήν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 51:1)

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