ψυχρός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ά, όν, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cold]], [[χάλαζα]], [[νιφάδες]], [[χιών]], <span class="bibl">Il.15.171</span>, <span class="bibl">19.358</span>, <span class="bibl">22.152</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. χαλκός</b> (as we say '[[cold]] steel') <span class="bibl">5.75</span>: freq. of water, ψ. ὕδωρ <span class="bibl">Od.9.392</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>; [[ψυχρόν]] (without [[ὕδωρ]]) <span class="bibl">Thgn.263</span>; λοῦνται ψυχρῷ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.37</span>; ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).126.30 (Epid., ii A. D.) (but <b class="b3">τὸ ψυχρὸν</b> also = [[ψῦχος]], [[cold]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.142</span>); ψ. ὥστε λούσασθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>3.13.3</span>: of the air, αὔρη ψ. <span class="bibl">Od.5.469</span>; αἰθήρ <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.88</span> ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]); νύκτες <span class="bibl">Th.7.87</span>; κυνὸς ψυχρὰ δύσις <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>432.11</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. βίος</b> life [[in the cold]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>263</span>: especially of dead things, [[νέκυς]] (opp. <b class="b3">θερμὸν αἷμα</b>) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>622</span>; of [[cold]] meats, <span class="bibl">Alex.173.4</span>, etc.; of a snake, <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.58</span>: Comp. -ότερος <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>24b</span>: Sup. -ότατος <span class="bibl">D.S.1.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[ineffectual]], [[vain]], ἐπικουρίη ψ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.108</span>; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ <span class="bibl">Id.9.49</span>; ψ. παραγκάλισμα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>650</span>; <b class="b3">θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις</b> a hot spirit in [[a cold business]], ib.<span class="bibl">88</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of feelings, <b class="b3">ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>353</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">IA</span>1014</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of persons, <b class="b2">cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.4.22</span>, <span class="bibl">23</span>; ψ. καὶ μελαγχολικοί <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">MM</span> 1203b1</span>; ἐκ σιδάρου κεχάλκευται μέλαιναν καρδίαν ψυχρᾷ φλογί <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 123.5</span>; οὔτε ψ. εἶ οὔτε ζεστός <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Apoc.</span>3.15</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of [[flat]], [[lifeless]], [[insipid]] productions, <b class="b3">τὸν Παλαμήδην</b> (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντ' αἰσχύνεται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>848</span>; σκῶμμα . . σφόδρα ψ. <span class="bibl">Eup.244</span>; <b class="b3">ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα</b>] <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>802d</span>; ἕωλα καὶ ψ. <span class="bibl">D.21.112</span>; πρᾶγμα . . φρέατος . . ψυχρότερον Ἀραρότος <span class="bibl">Alex.179</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1405b34</span>, <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>114</span>, etc.: hence jokes in <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>138</span>-<span class="bibl">140</span>, Machoap.<span class="bibl">Ath.13.580a</span>; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Isoc.</span>3</span>. Adv., ὁ δ' αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>170</span>; <b class="b3">σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι</b> to laugh at a [[feeble]] joke, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>2.4</span>; τοὺς γοῦν ψυχροὺς ψ. λέγουσι διαλέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>284e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[silly]], γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Ep.</span>89b</span>. [Written ψυχθρός <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).1104 (Syros, ii A. D.); cf. conversely [[μάκρα]] for [[μάκτρα]] ([[ψυχρός]] orig. 'cooled by blowing' from [[ψύχω]] 'blow').]</span>