ψυχοστασία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψῡχο- (psūkho-, “life”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to weigh”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /psyː.kʰos.ta.sí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psy.kʰos.taˈsi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psy.xos.taˈsi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psi.xos.taˈsi.a/
Noun
ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ • (psūkhostăsĭ́ā) f (genitive ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ hē psūkhostăsĭ́ā |
τὼ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ psūkhostăsĭ́ā |
αἱ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι hai psūkhostăsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tês psūkhostăsĭ́ās |
τοῖν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν toîn psūkhostăsĭ́ain |
τῶν ψῡχοστᾰσῐῶν tôn psūkhostăsĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾳ tēî psūkhostăsĭ́āi |
τοῖν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αιν toîn psūkhostăsĭ́ain |
ταῖς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αις taîs psūkhostăsĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱν tḕn psūkhostăsĭ́ān |
τὼ ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ tṑ psūkhostăsĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱς tā̀s psūkhostăsĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostăsĭ́ā |
ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́ᾱ psūkhostăsĭ́ā |
ψῡχοστᾰσῐ́αι psūkhostăsĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: psychostasia
References
- “ψυχοστασία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ψυχοστασία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette