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δια-ψύχω

diapsucho

cool, to be chilly, air, dry and clean

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Where it lives

On the Sacred Disease 1 · 2.18/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
History 1 · 0.07/10k

What it meant

δια-ψύχω · dia-psychō — LSJ

cool, to be chilly

cool, σῶμα Hp. VM 16:—Pass., to be chilly, τὰ ἄκρα Id. Acut. 30.

2 air, dry and clean

air, dry and clean, ναῦς Th. 7.12, cf. Luc. Cont. 23, etc.: metaph. of misers bringing out their hoards, X. Cyr. 8.2.21.

3 become dry, unfruitful

Pass., become dry, i.e. unfruitful, ἵνα μὴ ἡ γῆ διαψῠγῇ PSI 6.603.11 (iii B. C.).

f.l. for διαψήχω in Plu. Lys. 23.

In the wild

διαψύχει · diapsychei Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 146)
διαψύχει · diapsychei Hippocrates, On the Sacred Disease 7 (DIORISIS sentence 99)
διαψύξαι · diapsyxai Thucydides, History 7.12.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4832)
διαψύχοντες · diapsychontes Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.2.21 (DIORISIS sentence 4279)

Where it came from

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