ψύχωσις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψῡχόω (psūkhóō) +‎ -ωσις (-ōsis).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /psy̌ː.kʰɔː.sis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.kʰo.sis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.xo.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpsy.xo.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpsi.xo.sis/

Noun

ψῡ́χωσῐς • (psū́khōsĭs) f (genitive ψῡχώσεως); third declension

(the act of) giving soul or life to, animating, quickening
principle of life

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ψῡ́χωσῐς; τῆς ψῡχώσεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ψῡ́χωσῐς hē psū́khōsĭs	τὼ ψῡχώσει tṑ psūkhṓsei	αἱ ψῡχώσεις hai psūkhṓseis
Genitive	τῆς ψῡχώσεως tês psūkhṓseōs	τοῖν ψῡχωσέοιν toîn psūkhōséoin	τῶν ψῡχώσεων tôn psūkhṓseōn
Dative	τῇ ψῡχώσει tēî psūkhṓsei	τοῖν ψῡχωσέοιν toîn psūkhōséoin	ταῖς ψῡχώσεσῐ / ψῡχώσεσῐν taîs psūkhṓsesĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ψῡ́χωσῐν tḕn psū́khōsĭn	τὼ ψῡχώσει tṑ psūkhṓsei	τᾱ̀ς ψῡχώσεις tā̀s psūkhṓseis
Vocative	ψῡ́χωσῐ psū́khōsĭ	ψῡχώσει psūkhṓsei	ψῡχώσεις psūkhṓseis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

None. The modern internationalism psychosis was coined in the 1840s by Karl Friedrich Canstatt as German Psychose from elements equivalent to psycho- (“of the mind”) + -osis (“disease”), and is not derived from this Ancient Greek word.