μικρόψυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”) +‎ ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “spirit, soul”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miː.kro.óp.syː.kʰos/ → /mi.kroˈop.sy.xos/ → /mi.kroˈop.si.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /miː.kro.óp.syː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mi.kroˈop.si.xos/

Adjective

μῑκρόψῡχος • (mīkrópsūkhos) m or f (neuter μῑκρόψῡχον); second declension

1. mean-spirited
   • 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 269:

     εἰ δεῖ τὸν μὲν χρηστοῦ, τὸν δὲ μὴ μικροψύχου ποιεῖν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου.

     ei deî tòn mèn khrēstoû, tòn dè mḕ mikropsúkhou poieîn érgon anthrṓpou.

Inflection

Second declension of μῑκρόψῡχος; μῑκρόψῡχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῑκρόψῡχος mīkrópsūkhos	μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon		μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō	μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō		μῑκρόψῡχοι mīkrópsūkhoi	μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha
Genitive		μῑκροψῡ́χου mīkropsū́khou	μῑκροψῡ́χου mīkropsū́khou		μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin	μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin		μῑκροψῡ́χων mīkropsū́khōn	μῑκροψῡ́χων mīkropsū́khōn
Dative		μῑκροψῡ́χῳ mīkropsū́khōi	μῑκροψῡ́χῳ mīkropsū́khōi		μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin	μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin		μῑκροψῡ́χοις mīkropsū́khois	μῑκροψῡ́χοις mīkropsū́khois
Accusative		μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon	μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon		μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō	μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō		μῑκροψῡ́χους mīkropsū́khous	μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha
Vocative		μῑκρόψῡχε mīkrópsūkhe	μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon		μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō	μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō		μῑκρόψῡχοι mīkrópsūkhoi	μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		μῑκροψῡ́χως mīkropsū́khōs			μῑκροψῡχότερος mīkropsūkhóteros			μῑκροψῡχότᾰτος mīkropsūkhótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μικρόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μικρόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μικρόψυχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “μικρόψυχος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “μικρόψυχος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011