ψυχικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “breath, spirit”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰi.kós/ → /psy.çiˈkos/ → /psi.çiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psy.kʰiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psy.çiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psy.çiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psi.çiˈkos/

Adjective

ψῡχῐκός • (psūkhikós) m (feminine ψῡχῐκή, neuter ψῡχῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or relating to life or the soul
2. 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
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • spiritual idem, page 802.