ψυχή

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(deprecated template usage)

• (5th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰsy͜ykʰɛ͜ɛ́/

• (1st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰsyːkʰéː/

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸsyxí/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psyçí/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psiçí/

Etymology

From ψύχω "I blow"

Noun

1. (Can we [[#ψυχή|verify]]^{([{{fullurl:|action=edit&section=new&preload=Template:rfv-sense/preload$1&preloadparams%5B%5D=%3Cstrong+class%3D%22error%22%3E%3Cspan+class%3D%22scribunto-error%22+id%3D%22mw-scribunto-error-a3f279cd%22%3ELua+error+in+Module%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates+at+%5B%5BModule%3Alanguages%2Ftemplates%23L-18%7Cline+18%5D%5D%3A+Parameter+1+is+required.%3C%2Fspan%3E%3C%2Fstrong%3E&preloadtitle=%5B%5B%CF%88%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AE%23rfv-sense-notice-{{{1}}}-%7c%CF%88%CF%85%CF%87%CE%AE%5D%5D}} +])} this sense?) breath
2. life, spirit
3. the immortal part of a person: soul
4. the spirit of a dead person: ghost
5. the conscious self, as the seat of emotions, desires
6. the organ of thought: mind, reason
7. Template:philosophy the universal spirit
8. butterfly, moth

Inflection

First declension of ψῡχή, ψῡχῆς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῡχή	τὼ ψῡχᾱ́	αἱ ψῡχαί
Genitive	τῆς ψῡχῆς	τοῖν ψῡχαῖν	τῶν ψῡχῶν
Dative	τῇ ψῡχῇ	τοῖν ψῡχαῖν	ταῖς ψῡχαῖς
Accusative	τὴν ψῡχήν	τὼ ψῡχᾱ́	τὰς ψῡχᾱ́ς
Vocative	ψῡχή	ψῡχᾱ́	ψῡχαί
Dialectal forms:
Notes:

Quotations

• Revelation 8:9

  και απεθανεν το τριτον των κτισματων των εν τη θαλασση τα εχοντα ψυχας και το τριτον των πλοιων διεφθαρη (1550 Stephanus)

  και απεθανεν το τριτον των κτισματων των εν τη θαλασση τα εχοντα ψυχας και το τριτον των πλοιων διεφθαρησαν (1881 Westcott-Hort)

  και απεθανεν το τριτον των κτισματων των εν τη θαλασση τα εχοντα ψυχας και το τριτον των πλοιων διεφθαρη (1894 Scrivener)

  and die did the third of the creatures that [are] in the sea, those having life, and the third of the ships were destroyed. (YLT)

  And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. (KJV)

  a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed. (NIV)

See also

• anima

References

• BDAG
• “ψυχή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G5590 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• 2006, Steven Paul, The Apocalypse Letter by Letter: A Literary Analysis of the Book of Revelation, page 281 (discussing Revelation 8:9): "The literal meaning of the noun “ψυχή” [psykhë, or psyche] is “breath”; hence, like “πνεῦμα” [pneuma], it can also mean “spirit, soul, mind.”"
• 2007, Leon Marvell, Transfigured light: philosophy, cybernetics and the hermetic imaginary (ISBN 978-1-933146-27-0), page 128: "the psyche (the term derives from ψυχη, the breath, and ψυχειν, to breathe)"

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Greek

Pronunciation

• (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [psiˈçi]

Noun

ψυχή • (psychí) f (plural ψυχές)

1. soul

Inflection

Declension of ψυχή

	singular	plural
nominative	ψυχή •	ψυχές •
genitive	ψυχής •	ψυχών •
accusative	ψυχή •	ψυχές •
vocative	ψυχή •	ψυχές •