ἐμψυχόω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐμ- (em-) +‎ ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)

Verb

ἐμψυχόω • (empsukhóō)

1. to animate

Conjugation

   Present: ἐμψυχῶ, ἐμψυχοῦμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἐμψυχῶ	ἐμψυχοῖς	ἐμψυχοῖ	ἐμψυχοῦτον	ἐμψυχοῦτον	ἐμψυχοῦμεν	ἐμψυχοῦτε	ἐμψυχοῦσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	ἐμψυχῶ	ἐμψυχοῖς	ἐμψυχοῖ	ἐμψυχῶτον	ἐμψυχῶτον	ἐμψυχῶμεν	ἐμψυχῶτε	ἐμψυχῶσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμψυχοίην, ἐμψυχοῖμῐ	ἐμψυχοίης, ἐμψυχοῖς	ἐμψυχοίη, ἐμψυχοῖ	ἐμψυχοῖτον, ἐμψυχοίητον	ἐμψυχοίτην, ἐμψυχοιήτην	ἐμψυχοῖμεν, ἐμψυχοίημεν	ἐμψυχοῖτε, ἐμψυχοίητε	ἐμψυχοῖεν, ἐμψυχοίησᾰν
	imperative		ἐμψύχου	ἐμψυχούτω	ἐμψυχοῦτον	ἐμψυχούτων		ἐμψυχοῦτε	ἐμψυχούντων
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμψυχοῦμαι	ἐμψυχοῖ	ἐμψυχοῦται	ἐμψυχοῦσθον	ἐμψυχοῦσθον	ἐμψυχούμεθᾰ	ἐμψυχοῦσθε	ἐμψυχοῦνται
	subjunctive	ἐμψυχῶμαι	ἐμψυχοῖ	ἐμψυχῶται	ἐμψυχῶσθον	ἐμψυχῶσθον	ἐμψυχώμεθᾰ	ἐμψυχῶσθε	ἐμψυχῶνται
	optative	ἐμψυχοίμην	ἐμψυχοῖο	ἐμψυχοῖτο	ἐμψυχοῖσθον	ἐμψυχοίσθην	ἐμψυχοίμεθᾰ	ἐμψυχοῖσθε	ἐμψυχοῖντο
	imperative		ἐμψυχοῦ	ἐμψυχούσθω	ἐμψυχοῦσθον	ἐμψυχούσθων		ἐμψυχοῦσθε	ἐμψυχούσθων
		active				middle/passive
infinitive		ἐμψυχοῦν				ἐμψυχοῦσθαι
participle	m	ἐμψυχῶν				ἐμψυχούμενος
	f	ἐμψυχοῦσᾰ				ἐμψυχουμένη
	n	ἐμψυχοῦν				ἐμψυχούμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Perfect: ἐμψύχωμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle/ passive	indicative	ἐμψύχωμαι	ἐμψύχωσαι	ἐμψύχωται	ἐμψύχωσθον	ἐμψύχωσθον	ἐμψυχώμεθᾰ	ἐμψύχωσθε	ἐμψύχωνται
	subjunctive	ἐμψυχωμένος ὦ	ἐμψυχωμένος ᾖς	ἐμψυχωμένος ᾖ	ἐμψυχωμένω ἦτον	ἐμψυχωμένω ἦτον	ἐμψυχωμένοι ὦμεν	ἐμψυχωμένοι ἦτε	ἐμψυχωμένοι ὦσῐ(ν)
	optative	ἐμψυχωμένος εἴην	ἐμψυχωμένος εἴης	ἐμψυχωμένος εἴη	ἐμψυχωμένω εἴητον/εἶτον	ἐμψυχωμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην	ἐμψυχωμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν	ἐμψυχωμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε	ἐμψυχωμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν
	imperative		ἐμψύχωσο	ἐμψυχώσθω	ἐμψύχωσθον	ἐμψυχώσθων		ἐμψύχωσθε	ἐμψυχώσθων
						middle/passive
infinitive						ἐμψυχῶσθαι
participle	m					ἐμψυχωμένος
	f					ἐμψυχωμένη
	n					ἐμψυχωμένον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis)

References

• “ἐμψυχόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐμψυχόω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• ἐμψυχόω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐμψυχόω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἐμψυχόω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011