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ψύχω

psycho

breathe, blow

Appears 174 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ψύχω, Hdt. 3.104, etc.: fut. ψύξω Alex. 25.10, Arist. PA 653b4: aor. ἔψυξα Il. 20.440, Hp. Flat. 7: pf. ἔψῡχα Ps.-Hdn.Gr. in An. Ox. 3.256; but ἔψῠχα Choerob. in Theod. 2.73 H.:—Pass., fut. ψυχθήσομαι Hp. Acut. (Sp.) 15: fut. 2 ψῠγήσομαι Ev.Matt. 24.12 (v.l. ψῠχήσομαι), Gal. 11.388: aor. ἐψύχθην Hp. Epid. 5.19, Pl. Ti. 60d, 76c, X. HG 7.1.19, cf. ἀναψύχω: aor. 2 ἐψύχην [ῠ] Ar. Nu. 151, (ἀπ-) A. Fr. 104, Pl. Phdr. 242a; κατα-ψῠχῆναι Inscr.Magn. 103.55 (ii B. C.): later ἐψύγην Dsc. 1.55, Gal. 7.748, (δια-) PSI 6.603.11 (iii B. C.), cf. Moer.p.421 P.: pf. ἔψυγμαι Hp. Vict. 1.33, Pl. Criti. 120b, Alex. 124.15:—A. breathe, blow, Ἀθήνη . . ἦκα μάλα ψύξασα Il. 20.440. II. make cool or cold (not necessarily by blowing), ἀπιὼν ἐπὶ μᾶλλον ψύχει (sc. ὁ ἥλιος) Hdt. 3.104, cf. Hp. VM 16 (v.l. for διέψυξε); opp. θερμαίνω, Pl. Phdr. 268b; θερμὸν ψύχεται Heraclit. 126; ψῦξον τὸν οἶνον Diph. 56, cf. Isoc. 15.287:—Pass., grow cool or cold, Hdt. 4.181, Ar. Nu. 151, Pl. Phd. 71b, Arist. Pr. 931a1; οἶνον . . ψυχόμενον ἐν τῷ φρέατι Stratt. 57; of fire, to be put out, Pl. Criti. 120b: metaph., ψυγήσεται ἡ ἀγάπη will grow cold, Ev.Matt. l. c. 2. cool, refresh, θάλπουσα καὶ ψύχουσα, of a nurse tending a child, Trad.Adesp. 7.2: intr. in Act., seek the cool air, Nic. Th. 473, LXX 4 Ki. 19.24. 3. chill, torment, ἀμφάκει κέντρῳ ψύχειν ψυχὰν ἐμάν (Meineke cj. ψήχειν) A. Pr. 693 (lyr.); of death, ψύξει σε δαίμων τῷ πεπρωμένῳ χρόνῳ Alex. 25.10; ἀπαράμονοι καὶ ψύχοντες τὰς πρώτας πράξεις Vett.Val. 44.28; τοὺς γάμους Id. 116.7:—Pass., ψύχετʼ ἀμηχανίῃ A.R. 4.1527. 4. metaph. in Pass., to be frigid, Longin. 27.1. III. dry, make dry, δάκρυα δʼ οὐ ψύχει γενέτης ἐμός IG 3.1335.13; ψ. τι πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον LXX Je. 8.2: air, ἱμάτια Arr. Epict. 1.18.13:—Pass., X. Cyn. 5.3; οὗ τὰ σῦκα ψύχεται, gloss on τρασιά, Phot.: in Hom. generally of drying in the wind, opp. τερσήμεναι of drying in the sun, Sch.Il. 11.621. (Fr. signf. I comes ψυχή perhaps, but v. ψυχή: signf. II (and with it ψῦχος, ψυχρός, etc.) comes fr. signf. I: also signf. III fr. signf. I.) [ῡ always, exc. in aor. 2 Pass., v. Ar. Nu. 151.]
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