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ψυχή

psyche · ἡ

life, lives, dear as life, departed spirit, ghost, ghosts, soul, conscious self

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 219 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. ψῡχ-ή · psych-ē — LSJ

life, lives, dear as life, departed spirit, ghost, ghosts, soul, conscious self

2. ψυχή · psychē — Beekes

aspiration, breath, life, vitality, soul (of the deceased), spirit

3. ψυχή · psychē — Chantraine

2 ψύχω : notion de « souffle », voir Et

4. ψυχή · psychē — Chantraine

f

5. ψυχὴ · psychē — Frisk

f

6. Ψυχή · Psychē — Frisk

und synonyme Begriffe behandelt Jarcho Phil

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan p. 1722; entry #6680 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 1314-1315; entry #8937 Review: Under source audit

    OCR root-candidate values are withheld pending source verification, rights review, and scholarly review. No root, reconstruction, cognate, or historical relationship is asserted here.

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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