ψιχίον psichion 2x

a morsel, crumb, bit, Mt. 15:27; Mk. 7:28*

*† ψιχίον, -ου, τό dimin. of ψίξ,

a crumb: Mt 15:27, Mk 7:28.†

ψιχίον, “ἐᾷ crumb” (Mt 1537, Mk 7%8) is ““ποῖ found in Grk. auth.,” according to Grimm: cf. MGr ψίχα. 1. (a) = ‘‘breath of life”: Wiinsch 4/, p. 11) στρέβλωσον αὐτῶν τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὴν καρδίαν ἵνα μὴ [π]νέωσιν, Ῥ Leid W σἰϊ. 39 (11 A.D.) (=II. p. 123) αἰσθησάμενος (7. ἀσθμασάμενος) καὶ ἐγένετο Ψυχὴ καὶ πάντα ἐκεινήθη (7. ἐκινήθη) ‘‘anhelitu ducto, et nata est Anima, et omnia mota sunt’”’ (Ed.). (6) = “‘ life”: P Tebt I. 5611 (late ii/B.c.) καλῶς οὖν ποήσῃς εὐχαριστῆσαι πρῶτον μὲν τοῖς θεοῖς, δεύτερον δὲ σῶσαι ψυχὰς πολλάς, ‘please therefore in the first place to give thanks to the gods and secondly to save many lives,” by providing for their maintenance, P Oxy XII. 1409?* (A.D. 278) ἐὰν yap τοιοῦτο ἐπιχειρ[ῆσ]αι τολμή[σ]η - ἴστω... περὶ αὐτῆς τῆς ψυχῆς τὸν ἀγῶνα ἕξει, “if any one dare to attempt exactions, let him know that his life will be at stake” (Edd.), 24. VII. 103314 (A.D. 392) μὴ ἐχόνTov ἡμῶν τὴν βοήθειαν εἴτ᾽ οὖν τοὺς δημοσίους kal τοὺς ἐφοδευτὰς πολλάκεις σχεδὸν εἰπεζῖδν εἰς ψυχὴν ἐκεινδυνεύσαμεν, ‘having no assistance either of public guards or inspectors we often run the risk almost of our lives” (Ed.), Sy/Z7 342 (= 762)8® (B.c. 48) ψυχῇ καὶ σζώ]ματι παραβαλλόμενος, and Herodas III. 3 (ed. Headlam) of a schoolmaster flogging a pupil ἄχρις ἡ ψυχή] αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ χειλέων μοῦνον ἡ κακὴ λειφθῆι, ‘till his life—curse it— remain hanging on his lips.” 2. =‘‘the soul,” as the seat of the feelings, desires: P Grenf I. 1/9 (Alexandrian Erotic Fragment—ii/B.c.) συνοδηγὸν ἔχω τὸ πολὺ πῦρ ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ μου καιόμενον, BGU IV. 1040% (ii/A.p.) καθαρ[ὰ)ν γὰρ ἔχων τὴν ψυχήν, P Giss I. 39 (A.D. 117) (= Chrest. I. p. 577) γέλωσι καὶ μέθαις ταῖς ἀπὸ κρήνης Tas ψυχὰς ἀνέντες, in connexion with Hadrian’s accession to+the throne, 4rchiv v. p. 393, No. 312° (a magic spell—ii/a.D.) ἄρτι ἄρτι ταχὺ ταχὺ ἐκ ψυχῆς καὶ καρδίας (cf. Eph 67), P Oxy VI. 903% (iv/a.D.) καὶ περὶ ᾿Αντίλλας τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ ἔμεινεν θλίβων τὴν ψυχήν μου, “he also persisted in vexing my soul about his slave Antilla”’ (Edd.), an accusation against a husband, 7. XVI. 18735 (late v/A.D.) χιμαζομένης δέ pov τῆς ψυχῆς, “while my soul is tempest-tossed” (Edd.), 76. 18741517 (vi/A.D.) a Christian letter of condolence in which the writer prays that it may be granted to the mourners to sing with the departed in Paradise ὅτι κρίνοντε (/. ὅτε κρίνονται) € ψυχὲ (/. at ψυχαὶ) τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ‘when the souls of men are judged,” and adds παρακαλῶ σε, κύριέ pov, pe βάλῃς [?Avmy]y εἰς TO ψυχί σου Kal ἀπολήσις TO (2. ἀπολέσῃς τὰ) πράγματά σου, “1 exhort you, my lord, not to put grief into your soul and ruin your fortunes” (Edd.), and P Grenf I. 61! (vi/A.pD.) a letter apparently from a slave addressed τῶ δεσπότη pov τῆς ψυχῆς γλυκυτάτω Kal τιμιωτάτω. The word is naturally common in memorial inscrr., e.g. Kaibel 701 μνησθείης, ἀγαθὴ ψυχή, Τερμανικέ, Preisighe 60082 (v/vi A.D.) εὐχαριστήριον Ταριτσένης ὑπὲρ ἀναπαύσεως ψυχῆς Διδύμου, 26. 60897 ἀνάπαυσον τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ [elis κώλπης ᾿Α[β]ραὰμ κτὰ. The Christian gravestones from Old Dongola, referred to by F. C. Burkitt in

ψιχίον, ψίξ (psichion, psix) — crumb. ψῑχ-ίον, τό, diminutive of ψίξ, crumb, NT.Matt.15.27.

2. of stomachic residue after emesis, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]