ψυχικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “breath, spirit”) + -ῐκός (-ikós)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyː.kʰi.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psy.kʰiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psy.çiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psy.çiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psi.çiˈkos/
Adjective
ψῡχῐκός • (psūkhikós) m (feminine ψῡχῐκή, neuter ψῡχῐκόν); first/second declension
- of or relating to life or the soul
- concerned only with the life or animal qualities, as opposed with spiritual concerns
Inflection
First and second declension of ψῡχῐκός; ψῡχῐκή; ψῡχῐκόν (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ψῡχῐκός psūkhikós | ψῡχῐκή psūkhikḗ | ψῡχῐκόν psūkhikón | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhikā́ | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκοί psūkhikoí | ψῡχῐκαί psūkhikaí | ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhiká | |||||
Genitive | ψῡχῐκοῦ psūkhikoû | ψῡχῐκῆς psūkhikês | ψῡχῐκοῦ psūkhikoû | ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhikoîn | ψῡχῐκαῖν psūkhikaîn | ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhikoîn | ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhikôn | ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhikôn | ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhikôn | |||||
Dative | ψῡχῐκῷ psūkhikôi | ψῡχῐκῇ psūkhikêi | ψῡχῐκῷ psūkhikôi | ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhikoîn | ψῡχῐκαῖν psūkhikaîn | ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhikoîn | ψῡχῐκοῖς psūkhikoîs | ψῡχῐκαῖς psūkhikaîs | ψῡχῐκοῖς psūkhikoîs | |||||
Accusative | ψῡχῐκόν psūkhikón | ψῡχῐκήν psūkhikḗn | ψῡχῐκόν psūkhikón | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhikā́ | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκούς psūkhikoús | ψῡχῐκᾱ́ς psūkhikā́s | ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhiká | |||||
Vocative | ψῡχῐκέ psūkhiké | ψῡχῐκή psūkhikḗ | ψῡχῐκόν psūkhikón | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhikā́ | ψῡχῐκώ psūkhikṓ | ψῡχῐκοί psūkhikoí | ψῡχῐκαί psūkhikaí | ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ψῡχῐκῶς psūkhikôs | ψῡχῐκώτερος psūkhikṓteros | ψῡχῐκώτᾰτος psūkhikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- French: psychique
References
- “ψυχικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψυχικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψυχικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G5591 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- spiritual idem, page 802.