ψῦξις
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
εως, ἡ,
A a cooling, chilling; χιόνος ἢ ἄλλης ψύξιος means of cooling, v.l. in Hp.VM16. 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.GA777b27. II = πνοή, Hsch. III metaph., ψύξεις πράξεων difficulty, embarrassment, Vett.Val.191.4, cf. 42.18; ψ. πραγμάτων Heph.Astr.2.31.
