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κακοψυχία

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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Full diacritics: κᾰκοψῡχία Medium diacritics: κακοψυχία Low diacritics: κακοψυχία Capitals: ΚΑΚΟΨΥΧΙΑ
Transliteration A: kakopsychía Transliteration B: kakopsychia Transliteration C: kakopsychia Beta Code: kakoyuxi/a

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A = κακοφυΐα, bad natural qualities, opp. εὐψυχία, Pl.Lg.791c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1305] ἡ, Kleinmuth, Verzagtheit, Plat. Legg. VII, 791 c, im Ggstz von εὐψυχία.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

κακοψῡχία: ἡ, δειλία, ὀλιγοψυχία, ἀντίθετον τῷ εὐψυχία, Πλάτ. Νόμ. 791C.

Greek Monolingual

κακοψυχία, ἡ (Α)
1. κακοφυΐα, κακή φυσική ιδιότητα, κακό φυσικό
2. (κατ' επέκτ.) δειλία, ολιγοψυχία.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κακ(ο)- + -ψυχία (< -ψυχος < ψυχή), πρβλ. μεγαλο-ψυχία, φιλο-ψυχία].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

κᾰκοψυχία: ἡ малодушие, трусость Plat.