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ἄψυχος

ἄψυχος, lifeless, inanimate

ἄψῡχ-ος, ον,
  • lifeless, inanimate, πόθῳ Archil. 84; μνημεῖʼ ἄψυχʼ ἐμψύχων Simon. 106.4, cf. E. Fr. 655, Tr. 623; λωτὸς ἄ. ἔμπνουν ἀνίει Μοῦσαν Sopat. 10; ἃ -ότατα τῶν ὀστῶν with least life or sensation, Pl. Ti. 74e, cf. Arist. de An. 413a21, etc.; ἄ. θεοί, of statues, Timae. 127.
      • 2 ἄ. βορά non-animal food, E. Hipp. 952.
    • II spiritless, faint-hearted, κάκη A. Th. 192; ἀνήρ Trag.Adesp. 337: ἀψυχότεραι αἱ θήλειαι [ἐλέφαντες] Arist. HA 610a21; of style, lifeless, D.H. Dem. 20. Adv. -χως Poll. 2.227.
    • III materialistic, λόγος Porph. Gaur. 14.4 (Comp.).

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