ψυχρός
psychros
cold
Appears 34 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ψυχρός, ά, όν, A. cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, Il. 15.171, 19.358, 22.152; ψ. χαλκός (as we say ‘cold steelʼ) 5.75: freq. of water, ψ. ὕδωρ Od. 9.392, 2.49; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) 263; λοῦνται ψυχρῷ 2.37; ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ IG 42(1).126.30 (Epid., ii A. D.) (but τὸ ψυχρὸν also = ψῦχος, cold, 1.142); ψ. ὥστε λούσασθαι Mem. 3.13.3: of the air, αὔρη ψ. Od. 5.469; αἰθήρ O. 13.88 (s. v. l.); νύκτες 7.87; κυνὸς ψυχρὰ δύσις Fr. 432.11; ψ. βίος life in the cold, Pl. 263: esp. of dead things, νέκυς (opp. θερμὸν αἷμα) OC 622; of cold meats, 173.4, etc.; of a snake, 15.58: Comp. -ότερος 2.22, Phlb. 24b: Sup. -ότατος 1.41. II. metaph., 1. ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. 6.108; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ 9.49; ψ. παραγκάλισμα Ant. 650; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in a cold business, ib.88. 2. of feelings, ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς, Alc. 353, IA 1014. 3. of persons, cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent, Cyr. 8.4.22, 23; ψ. καὶ μελαγχολικοί MM 1203b1; ἐκ σιδάρου κεχάλκευται μέλαιναν καρδίαν ψυχρᾷ φλογί Fr. 123.5; οὔτε ψ. εἶ οὔτε ζεστός Apoc. 3.15. 4. of flat, lifeless, insipid productions, τὸν Παλαμήδην (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντʼ αἰσχύνεται Th. 848; σκῶμμα . . σφόδρα ψ. 244; ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα] Lg. 802d; ἕωλα καὶ ψ. 21.112; πρᾶγμα . . φρέατος . . ψυχρότερον Ἀραρότος 179, cf. Rh. 1405b34, Eloc. 114, etc.: hence jokes in Ach. 138-140, Macho ap. 13.580a; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός Isoc. 3. Adv., ὁ δʼ αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ Th. 170; σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι to laugh at a feeble joke, Char. 2.4; τοὺς γοῦν ψυχροὺς ψ. λέγουσι διαλέγεσθαι Euthd. 284e. 5. silly, γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες Ep. 89b. [Written ψυχθρός IG 12(5).1104 (Syros, ii A. D.); cf. conversely μάκρα for μάκτρα (ψυχρός orig. ‘cooled by blowing’ from ψύχω ‘blowʼ).]
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