ψῦξις

psyxis

a cooling, chilling

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 2
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76c4
59a7
Epinomis 1
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988c7
Philebus 1
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32a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ψῦξις, εως, ἡ, A. a cooling, chilling; χιόνος ἢ ἄλλης ψύξιος means of cooling, v.l. in Hp. VM 16. 2. a being or becoming cold, ψ. νεηνικωτάτη ib.16; αἵματος ἐν ψύξει ὄντος Pl. Ti. 85d: pl., opp. καύσεις, Id. Tht. 156b; opp. θερμότητες, Lg. 897a, Arist. GA 777b27. II. = πνοή, Hsch. III. metaph., ψύξεις πράξεων difficulty, embarrassment, Vett.Val. 191.4, cf. 42.18; ψ. πραγμάτων Heph.Astr. 2.31.

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