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ψῦχος

psuchos · τό

cold, winter-time, frosts, cold weather

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Where it lives

1 Peter 2 · 11.6/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 3 · 6.17/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 4 · 5.79/10k
Odae 2 · 4.92/10k
2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k
Agesilaus 2 · 2.72/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k

Densest 12 of 50 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ψῦχος · psychos — LSJ

cold, winter-time, frosts, cold weather

cold, Emp. 65.2; opp. θάλπος, Hp. Aph. 3.4; opp. ἀλέα, Arist. HA 598a1; opp. καύματα, Id. Mete. 362b17; ἐν ψύχει in winter-time, S. Ph. 17; ἐν τῷ ψ. καθηῦδον Pl. Smp. 220d; ψ., = ῥῖγος, Hermipp. 97: pl. ψύχεα frosts, cold weather, Hdt. 4.28, 129, 5.10; ψύχη X. Oec. 5.4, Cyn. 5.9; ἐν τοῖς σφόδρα ψ. καὶ ἐν ταῖς σφόδρα ἀλέαις Arist. HA 599a19, cf. Mete. 379a26; sg., Hp. VM 16.

2 coolness

once in Hom., coolness, ψύχεος ἱμείρων Od. 10.555: metaph., ψ. ἐν δόμοις πέλει A. Ag. 971.

In the wild

ψῦχος · psychos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 970–972
ψύχους · psychous Aristotle, De Mundo (DIORISIS sentence 63)
ψύχους · psychous Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 81)
ψῦχος · psychos Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 3052)
ψῦχος · psychos Aristotle, Metaphysics book 6 (DIORISIS sentence 1553)
ψύχη · psychē Aristotle, Politics 1336a (DIORISIS sentence 2935)

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