Ψυχή

See also: ψυχή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “soul”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰɛ̌ː/ → /psyˈçi/ → /psiˈçi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psyˈkʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psyˈçi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psyˈçi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiˈçi/

• Hyphenation: Ψυ‧χή

Proper noun

Ψῡχή • (Psūkhḗ) f (genitive Ψῡχῆς); first declension

1. Psyche

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ψῡχή; τῆς Ψῡχῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ψῡχή hē Psūkhḗ
Genitive	τῆς Ψῡχῆς tês Psūkhês
Dative	τῇ Ψῡχῇ têi Psūkhêi
Accusative	τὴν Ψῡχήν tḕn Psūkhḗn
Vocative	Ψῡχή Psūkhḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ψυχή (Psychí)
• → Latin: Psȳchē

References

• “Ψυχή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,012