ψυχρός: Difference between revisions

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