ψυχή: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=ψῡχή, ἡ, [[ψύχω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[breath]], Lat. [[anima]], esp. as the [[sign]] of [[life]], the [[life]], [[spirit]], Hom., etc.; [[ψυχή]] τε [[μένος]] τε [[ψυχή]] τε καὶ [[αἰών]], ψυχὴ καὶ [[θυμός]] Hom.; τὸν δ' ἔλιπε [[ψυχή]], of one swooning, Il.; ψυχὴν [[παρθέμενος]] staking or risking one's [[life]], Od.; so, ἐμὴν ψυχὴν παραβαλλόμενος Il.; περὶ ψυχῆς for one's [[life]], i. e. to [[save]] it, Od.; μάχεσθαι, [[θέειν]] περὶ ψυχῆς Hom.; τρέχειν περὶ ψυχῆς Hdt.; ὁ περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς [[ἀγών]] the [[struggle]] is for [[life]] and [[death]], Soph.; ποινὴν τῆς Αἰσώπου ψυχῆς ἀνελέσθαι to [[take]] [[revenge]] for the [[life]] of Aesop, Hdt.; ψυχὴν ἀφιέναι to [[give]] up the [[ghost]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> metaph. of things [[dear]] as [[life]], χρήματα γὰρ ψυχὴ βροτοῖσι Hes.; πᾶσι δ' ἀνθρώποις ψυχὴ τέκν' [[ἐστί]] Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> the departed [[soul]], [[spirit]], [[ghost]], Hom.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the [[soul]] or [[spirit]] of man, Lat. [[anima]], opp. to [[σῶμα]], Plat., Xen.:— [[ψυχή]] τινος, periphr. for the man [[himself]], Soph.; also ψυχαί, souls, = ἄνθρωποι, Aesch., Ar.:—[[hence]] in addressing persons, ὦ μελέα [[ψυχή]] Soph.; ὦ ἀγαθὴ καὶ πιστὴ ψ. Xen.; [[πᾶσα]] ψυχὴ ὑποτασσέσθω let [[every]] [[soul]] be [[subject]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> the [[soul]], [[heart]], ψυχὴν ἄριστε Ar.; ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς with all the [[heart]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> [[appetite]], δοῦναί τι τῇ ψυχῇ, like Lat. indulgere [[animo]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> the [[soul]], [[mind]], [[understanding]], ψυχὴν οὐκ [[ἄκρος]] Hdt.