P. and V. κρᾶσις, ἡ (Plato, Phaedo, 111B; Euripides, Fragment); see heat, [[cold.
The temperature was regulated to exclude suffering]]. P. τὸ τῶν ὡρῶν ἄλυπον ἐκέκρατο (Plato, Polit. 272A).