εὐψυχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

εὔψῡχ(ος) (eúpsūkh(os)) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯p.syː.kʰí.aː/ → /eɸp.syˈçi.a/ → /efp.siˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯p.syː.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewp.syˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸp.syˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efp.syˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efp.siˈçi.a/

Noun

εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ • (eupsūkhĭ́ā) f (genitive εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. courage, high spirit, eupsychia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ hē eupsūkhĭ́ā	τὼ εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eupsūkhĭ́ā	αἱ εὐψῡχῐ́αι hai eupsūkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱς tês eupsūkhĭ́ās	τοῖν εὐψῡχῐ́αιν toîn eupsūkhĭ́ain	τῶν εὐψῡχῐῶν tôn eupsūkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ εὐψῡχῐ́ᾳ têi eupsūkhĭ́āi	τοῖν εὐψῡχῐ́αιν toîn eupsūkhĭ́ain	ταῖς εὐψῡχῐ́αις taîs eupsūkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱν tḕn eupsūkhĭ́ān	τὼ εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eupsūkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eupsūkhĭ́ās
Vocative	εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ eupsūkhĭ́ā	εὐψῡχῐ́ᾱ eupsūkhĭ́ā	εὐψῡχῐ́αι eupsūkhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: ευψυχία (efpsychía) (learned)

Further reading

• “εὐψυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “εὐψυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• εὐψυχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • boldness idem, page 88.
  • bravery idem, page 94.
  • courage idem, page 178.
  • gallantry idem, page 352.