ἔμψῡχ-ος,ον,
A. having life in one, animate, opp.ἄψυχος, Hdt. 1.140 , al., Simon. 106.4 , S. OC 1486 , E. Alc. 139 , Pl. Phdr. 245e , al.;ἔ. νεκρός'abreathingcorpse', S. Ant. 1167 ; γῦπες ἔ. τάφοι
Gorg. Fr. 5a
D. ;μὴ κτείνειν τὸ ἔ., of Empedocles, Arist. Rh. 1373b14 , cf. E. Fr. 472.18 (anap.); ἔμψυχον οὐδὲν ἐσθίει
Alex. 27.2
, cf. 220.3 ; δοῦλος ἔ. ὄργανον
Arist. EN 1161b4
; εῖ̓ναι τὸν βασιλέα ἔ. νόμον
Ph. 2.135
, cf. Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.61 ;ἔμψυχα,τά ,animals, Th. 7.29 , PGiss. 40 ii 22
(iii A. D.): Sup. ,ὅσα ἐμψυχότατα . . ἦν most full of vital fluid, Pl. Ti. 74e .
2. of diction,animated, vivid, λέξεις
Arist. Fr. 129
Bonitz, cf. Luc. Dem.Enc. 14 ; so ἔ. ἄγαλμα