ψυχικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (psūkhĭkós) 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 psūkhĭkós	ψῡχῐκή psūkhĭkḗ	ψῡχῐκόν psūkhĭkón		ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ	ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhĭkā́	ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ		ψῡχῐκοί psūkhĭkoí	ψῡχῐκαί psūkhĭkaí	ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhĭkắ
Genitive		ψῡχῐκοῦ psūkhĭkoû	ψῡχῐκῆς psūkhĭkês	ψῡχῐκοῦ psūkhĭkoû		ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhĭkoîn	ψῡχῐκαῖν psūkhĭkaîn	ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhĭkoîn		ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhĭkôn	ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhĭkôn	ψῡχῐκῶν psūkhĭkôn
Dative		ψῡχῐκῷ psūkhĭkôi	ψῡχῐκῇ psūkhĭkêi	ψῡχῐκῷ psūkhĭkôi		ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhĭkoîn	ψῡχῐκαῖν psūkhĭkaîn	ψῡχῐκοῖν psūkhĭkoîn		ψῡχῐκοῖς psūkhĭkoîs	ψῡχῐκαῖς psūkhĭkaîs	ψῡχῐκοῖς psūkhĭkoîs
Accusative		ψῡχῐκόν psūkhĭkón	ψῡχῐκήν psūkhĭkḗn	ψῡχῐκόν psūkhĭkón		ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ	ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhĭkā́	ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ		ψῡχῐκούς psūkhĭkoús	ψῡχῐκᾱ́ς psūkhĭkā́s	ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhĭkắ
Vocative		ψῡχῐκέ psūkhĭké	ψῡχῐκή psūkhĭkḗ	ψῡχῐκόν psūkhĭkón		ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ	ψῡχῐκᾱ́ psūkhĭkā́	ψῡχῐκώ psūkhĭkṓ		ψῡχῐκοί psūkhĭkoí	ψῡχῐκαί psūkhĭkaí	ψῡχῐκᾰ́ psūkhĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ψῡχῐκῶς psūkhĭkôs				ψῡχῐκώτερος psūkhĭkṓteros				ψῡχῐκώτᾰτος psūkhĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: психика (psihika)
• → Georgian: ფსიქიკა (psikiḳa)
• → Latin: psȳchicus
  • → English: psychic
  • → French: psychique
  • → Polish: psychika
  • → Romanian: psihic
• → Russian: психика (psixika)

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.