ὀλιγοψυχέω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) to be faint
- (intransitive) to become discouraged
- (intransitive) to be worried, distressed
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ὀλίγος (few, little, small) + Ancient Greek ψῡχή (soul, spirit, life, breath).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ψῡχή
Gloss
soul, spirit, life, breath
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
生
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oligo- English
- chaeta Latin
- oligo- Latin
- oligūria Latin
- Oligozän German
- oligo- Italian
- oligo- Spanish, Castilian
- εὔψυχος Ancient Greek
- μεγαλόψυχος Ancient Greek
- ψυχικός Ancient Greek
- ψυχοπομπός Ancient Greek
- ψυχοστασία Ancient Greek
- ψυχοτρόφος Ancient Greek
- ψῡχή Ancient Greek
- ἐλευθερόψυχος Ancient Greek
- ὀλίγος Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγάρχης Ancient Greek
- ὀλιγαρχία Ancient Greek
- *(o)leyg/k- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₃ligos Proto-Indo-European
- oligo- Portuguese
- olagaplacht Irish
- oligo- Galician
- ολίγος Greek (modern)
- λίγος gkm