The corpus record

ψῡχόω

psuchoo

give soul to

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Where it lives

Enneads 10 · 0.47/10k
Psalmi 1 · 0.29/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ψῡχόω · psychoō — LSJ

give soul to, animate, make alive

give soul to, λίθον APl. 16.159; σῶμα Ph. 1.33, cf. Nonn. D. 25.542; ψυχοῦν τὸν λόγον, of νοήματα, animate, make alive, Ph. 1.693, cf. Plot. 4.4.22, Procl. Inst. 196:—Pass., Ph. 1.263, al., Plot. 2.3.9.

2 give a psychical, character

give a psychical (opp. physical) character to physical sensations, Id. 4.4.28.

II to be made cold, become cold

(ψῦχος) Pass., to be made cold, become cold, Hp. Steril. 213, f.l. in Plu. Stoic.rep. 2.1052f (ψυχόμενον Bernardakis).

In the wild

ψύχους · psychous Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1148a (DIORISIS sentence 2336)
ἐψυχωμένον · epsychōmenon Plotinus, Enneads 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 787)
ἐψυχωμένον · epsychōmenon Plotinus, Enneads 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 789)
ἐψυχωμένον · epsychōmenon Plotinus, Enneads 4.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2411)
ψυχοῦται · psychoutai Plotinus, Enneads 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2575)
ἐψύχωτο · epsychōto Plotinus, Enneads 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 2509)

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