μικρόψυχος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μῑκρός (mīkrós, “small”) + ψῡχή (psūkhḗ, “spirit, soul”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /miː.kro.óp.syː.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈop.sy.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mi.kroˈop.si.xos/
Adjective
editμῑκρόψῡχος • (mīkrópsūkhos) m or f (neuter μῑκρόψῡχον); second declension
- mean-spirited
- 330 BCE, Demosthenes, On the Crown 269:
- εἰ δεῖ τὸν μὲν χρηστοῦ, τὸν δὲ μὴ μικροψύχου ποιεῖν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου.
- ei deî tòn mèn khrēstoû, tòn dè mḕ mikropsúkhou poieîn érgon anthrṓpou.
- εἰ δεῖ τὸν μὲν χρηστοῦ, τὸν δὲ μὴ μικροψύχου ποιεῖν ἔργον ἀνθρώπου.
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | μῑκρόψῡχος mīkrópsūkhos |
μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκρόψῡχοι mīkrópsūkhoi |
μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha | ||||||||
Genitive | μῑκροψῡ́χου mīkropsū́khou |
μῑκροψῡ́χου mīkropsū́khou |
μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin |
μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin |
μῑκροψῡ́χων mīkropsū́khōn |
μῑκροψῡ́χων mīkropsū́khōn | ||||||||
Dative | μῑκροψῡ́χῳ mīkropsū́khōi |
μῑκροψῡ́χῳ mīkropsū́khōi |
μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin |
μῑκροψῡ́χοιν mīkropsū́khoin |
μῑκροψῡ́χοις mīkropsū́khois |
μῑκροψῡ́χοις mīkropsū́khois | ||||||||
Accusative | μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon |
μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκροψῡ́χους mīkropsū́khous |
μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha | ||||||||
Vocative | μῑκρόψῡχε mīkrópsūkhe |
μῑκρόψῡχον mīkrópsūkhon |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκροψῡ́χω mīkropsū́khō |
μῑκρόψῡχοι mīkrópsūkhoi |
μῑκρόψῡχᾰ mīkrópsūkha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
μῑκροψῡ́χως mīkropsū́khōs |
μῑκροψῡχότερος mīkropsūkhóteros |
μῑκροψῡχότᾰτος mīkropsūkhótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “μικρόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “μικρόψυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- μικρόψυχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “μικρόψυχος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- “μικρόψυχος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011