ψυχρός
Alt. ψυ_χρός, ή, όν
Etym. ψύχω
I. "cold, chill", Il.; ψ. χαλκός (as we say ""cold" steel") id=Il.; of water, ψ. ὕδωρ Od., Thuc.; and ψυχρόν alone, ψυχρῷ λοῦνται Hdt.; of dead things, νέκυς Soph.; also τὸ ψυχρόν ῀ ψῦχος, "cold", id=Soph.:—comp. -ότερος, Hdt., Plat.
II. metaph., Lat. frigidus,
1. of things and events, "cold, unreal", ψ. ἐπικουρίη Hdt.; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ id=Hdt.; ψ.παραγκάλισμα Soph.; ψυχρὰ τέρψις, ἐλπίς Eur.
2. of persons, "cold-hearted, heartless, spiritless", Plat., Xen.
3. of language, "cold, frigid", Plat., Dem.