ἔμψυχος
ἅτε γὰρ ἐννάλιον πόνον ἐχοίσας βαθύν σκευᾶς ἑτέρας, ἀβάπτιστος εἶμι φελλὸς ὣς ὑπὲρ ἕρκος ἅλμας → for just as when the rest of the tackle labors in the depths of the sea, like a cork I shall go undipped over the surface of the brine | as when the other part of the tackle is laboring deep in the sea, I go unsoaked like a cork above the surface of the sea
English (LSJ)
ον,
A having life in one, animate, opp. ἄψυχος, Hdt.1.140, al., Simon. 106.4, S.OC 1486, E.Alc.139, Pl.Phdr.245e, al.; ἔ. νεκρός 'a breathing corpse', S. Ant.1167; γῦπες ἔ. τάφοι Gorg.Fr.5aD.; μὴ κτείνειν τὸ ἔ., of Empedocles, Arist.Rh.1373b14, cf. E.Fr.472.18 (anap.); ἔμψυχον οὐδὲν ἐσθίει Alex.27.2, cf. 220.3; δοῦλος ἔ. ὄργανον Arist.EN1161b4; εἶναι τὸν βασιλέα ἔ. νόμον Ph.2.135, cf. Diotog. ap. Stob.4.7.61; ἔμψυχα, τά, animals, Th.7.29, PGiss.40 ii 22 (iii A. D.): Sup., ὅσα ἐμψυχότατα . . ἦν most full of vital fluid, Pl.Ti.74e. 2 of diction, animated, vivid, λέξεις Arist.Fr.129 Bonitz, cf. Luc.Dem.Enc.14; so ἔ. ἄγαλμα AP12.56 (Mel.); πάθη Longin.34.4: Comp., ἡ ἀληθὴς εὐφημία -οτέρα τῶν Δαιδάλου ἔργων Them.Or.28.342d. Adv. -ως Plu.2.79of: Sup. -ότατα Herm.in Phdr.p.61A.
German (Pape)
[Seite 821] 1) beseelt, belebt; Soph. El. 1212; νεκρός Ant. 1152; noch am Leben, Eur. Alc. 140; von lebenden Wesen; Her. 2, 39, wie Plat. Legg. VI, 782 c, ἐμψύχων πάντων ἀπέχεσθαι u. ἐδωδὴ ἔμ., Pythagoreer; vgl. Ath. IV, 161 a IX, 386 c; καὶ ὑποζύγια καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα ἔμψ. ἴδοιεν Thuc. 7, 29; Ggstz ἄψυχον, Plat. Phaedr. 245 e; auch δυνάμεις, πράξεις, Legg. X, 904 a 906 b; ἐμψυχότατα τῶν ὀστῶν Tim. 74 e. Von der Rede, lebhaft, Luc. Dem. enc. 14; Plat. Auch ἄγαλμα, das zu leben scheint, Mel. 11 (XII, 56). – 2) kalt, Democr. bei Theophr. – Adv., πλαττόμενον ἐμψύχως Plut. an seni 12.
