ψῡχρός, ά, όν,
cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψ. χαλκός (as we say '
cold steel') [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) [
Refs 6th c.BC+] also =ψῦχος,
cold, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the air, αὔρη ψ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψ. βίος life
in the cold, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of
cold meats, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a snake, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:
comparative -ότερος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -ότατος[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II metaphorically,
II.1 ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in
a cold business, [
Refs]
II.2 of feelings, ψ. τέρψις, ἐλπίς, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3 of persons,
cold-hearted, heartless, indifferent, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II.4 of
flat, lifeless, insipid productions, τὸν Παλαμήδην (the play so named) ψυχρὸν ὄντ᾽ αἰσχύνεται [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψ. καὶ ἀηδὴς [Μοῦσα] [
Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence jokes in [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of authors themselves, γίνεται ψυχρός [
Refs 1st c.BC+].
adverb, ὁ δ᾽ αὖ Θέογνις ψυχρὸς ὢν ψυχρῶς ποιεῖ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σκώψαντι ψ. ἐπιγελάσαι to laugh at a
feeble joke, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.5 silly, γραϊδίοις ψυχροῖς ὁμιλοῦντες [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; compare conversely μάκρα for μάκτρα (ψυχρός originally 'cooled by blowing' from ψύχω 'blow').]
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