ψυχοστασία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “life”) +‎ ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to weigh”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰos.ta.sí.aː/ → /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/ → /psi.xos.taˈsi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psyː.kʰos.ta.sí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psy.kʰos.taˈsi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psi.xos.taˈsi.a/

Noun

ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (psūkhostăsĭ́ā) f (genitive ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. weighing of lives

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē psūkhostăsĭ́ā	τὼ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ psūkhostăsĭ́ā	αἱ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι hai psūkhostăsĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês psūkhostăsĭ́ās	τοῖν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν toîn psūkhostăsĭ́ain	τῶν ψῡχοστᾰσῐῶν tôn psūkhostăsĭôn
Dative	τῇ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾳ têi psūkhostăsĭ́āi	τοῖν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν toîn psūkhostăsĭ́ain	ταῖς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αις taîs psūkhostăsĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn psūkhostăsĭ́ān	τὼ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ psūkhostăsĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s psūkhostăsĭ́ās
Vocative	ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostăsĭ́ā	ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostăsĭ́ā	ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι psūkhostăsĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: psychostasia

References

• “ψυχοστασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψυχοστασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette