- ψυχρός
- ψυχρός, ά, όν (cp. ψῦχος and ψύχω; Hom.+; ins, pap, LXX; En 14:13; TestSol 18:18 H [adv.]; Philo, Joseph.; Tat. 35, 1) ‘cold’.① pert. to being physically cold, cold, lit.ⓐ adj. ὕδωρ (Hom. et al.; Sb 6941, 4; Pr 25:25; Philo; Jos., Ant. 7, 130) Mt 10:42 D; D 7:2. Of courageous confessors’ estimate of the intensity of fire set for them τὸ πῦρ ἦν αὐτοῖς ψυχρόν the fire felt cold to them MPol 2:3 (cp. 4 Macc 11:26).ⓑ subst. τὸ ψυχρόν (i.e. ὕδωρ) cold water (Hdt. 2, 37 al.; SIG 1170, 30; SEG XLII 1506 [reff.]; s. New Docs 3, 144f; ψυχρὸν πίνειν Epict. 3, 12, 17; 3, 15, 3, Ench. 29, 2) Mt 10:42.② fig. (Trag., Hdt. et al.; Jos., Bell. 1, 357; 6, 16, C. Ap. 2, 255) pert. to being without enthusiasm, cool, cold (Neugebauer-Hoesen no. 95, 112 p. 32=PLond I, 98, 71 p. 130 [I/II A.D.]; Epict. 3, 15, 7; Lucian, Tim. 2 ψ. τὴν ὀργήν) Rv 3:15ab, 16 (w. ζεστός and χλιαρός).—B. 1078f. DELG. M-M. TW.
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