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 'a breathing corpse', S. Ant.1167; “γῦπες ἔ. τάφοι” Gorg.Fr.5aD.; 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.EN1161b4; “εἶναι 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.
ἔμψυ_χ-ος , ον,