Psychí

Etymology: From ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “I blow”) +‎ -η (-ē), breathing. Noun: ψῡχή • (psūkhḗ) f (genitive ψῡχῆς); first declension Noun: 1. The animating principle of a human or animal body, vital spirit, soul, life (the animating principle of life). 1.1 (poetic) Life-breath, life-blood (‘the animating principle of life’ in corporeal interpretation). 1.2. (philosophy, since the early physicists) Animating principle in primary substances, the source of life and consciousness. 2. Animate existence, viewed as a possession, one’s life. 3. The spirit or soul thought of as distinct from the body and leaving it at death (the immortal part of a person). 3.1 A disembodied spirit, a shade or ghost (the spirit of a dead person). 4. Spirit (animated attitude), conscious self, personality as centre of emotions, desires and affections, heart. 4.1 (philosophy, after Plato) The spirit of the universe, the immaterial principle of movement and life. 5. The mind (seat or organ of thought), (the faculty of) reason. 6. (rare, extended from the meaning ‘soul’) Butterfly. Verb ψῡ́χω • (psū́khō) 1. I breathe, blow 2. I chill, make cold 2.1 I cool, refresh 2.2 (passive, figuratively) I am frigid 3. (transitive) I dry