εὔψυχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “spirit, soul”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯p.syː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈeʍp.sy.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɸp.sy.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈefp.sy.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈefp.si.xos/
Adjective
εὔψῡχος • (eúpsūkhos) m or f (neuter εὔψῡχον); second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εὔψῡχος eúpsūkhos |
εὔψῡχον eúpsūkhon |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὔψῡχοι eúpsūkhoi |
εὔψῡχᾰ eúpsūkhă | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐψῡ́χου eupsū́khou |
εὐψῡ́χου eupsū́khou |
εὐψῡ́χοιν eupsū́khoin |
εὐψῡ́χοιν eupsū́khoin |
εὐψῡ́χων eupsū́khōn |
εὐψῡ́χων eupsū́khōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐψῡ́χῳ eupsū́khōi |
εὐψῡ́χῳ eupsū́khōi |
εὐψῡ́χοιν eupsū́khoin |
εὐψῡ́χοιν eupsū́khoin |
εὐψῡ́χοις eupsū́khois |
εὐψῡ́χοις eupsū́khois | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὔψῡχον eúpsūkhon |
εὔψῡχον eúpsūkhon |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὐψῡ́χους eupsū́khous |
εὔψῡχᾰ eúpsūkhă | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὔψῡχε eúpsūkhe |
εὔψῡχον eúpsūkhon |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὐψῡ́χω eupsū́khō |
εὔψῡχοι eúpsūkhoi |
εὔψῡχᾰ eúpsūkhă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐψῡ́χως eupsū́khōs |
εὐψῡχότερος eupsūkhóteros |
εὐψῡχότᾰτος eupsūkhótătos | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- εὐψυχία (eupsukhía)
- εὐψυχέω (eupsukhéō)
Descendants
- → Polish: dobroduszny (calque)
- → Russian: доброду́шный (dobrodúšnyj) (calque)
References
- “εὔψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὔψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὔψυχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bold idem, page 88.
- brave idem, page 93.
- courageous idem, page 178.
- gallant idem, page 352.
- undaunted idem, page 911.