ψυχοστασία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “life”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to weigh”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyː.kʰos.ta.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psy.kʰos.taˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psi.xos.taˈsi.a/
Noun
ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (psūkhostasíā) f (genitive ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- weighing of lives
Inflection
First declension of ἡ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē psūkhostasíā | τὼ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ psūkhostasíā | αἱ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι hai psūkhostasíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês psūkhostasíās | τοῖν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν toîn psūkhostasíain | τῶν ψῡχοστᾰσῐῶν tôn psūkhostasiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi psūkhostasíāi | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν psūkhostasíain | ταῖς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αις taîs psūkhostasíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn psūkhostasíān | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostasíā | τᾱ̀ς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s psūkhostasíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostasíā | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostasíā | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι psūkhostasíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: psychostasia
References
- ψυχοστασία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψυχοστασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette