The corpus record

ψυκ-τικός

psuktikos

cooling, refrigerants, bringing difficulty

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Where it lives

De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

ψυκ-τικός · psyk-tikos — LSJ

cooling, refrigerants

= ψυκτήριος, cooling, τὰ ψ. refrigerants, Hp. Aph. 7.37; ψ. δύναμις, opp. θερμαντική, Epicur. Fr. 60; ψ. φασὶν εἶναι τὸν οἶνον ib. 59, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.652f, 691b (Sup.), etc.

II bringing difficulty, embarrassing

bringing difficulty (cf. ψῦξις III), embarrassing, ὁ χρόνος ἔσται -κὸς εἰς πάντα Heph.Astr. 2.29.

In the wild

ψυκτικῆς · psyktikēs Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 197)
ψυκτικὸν · psyktikon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 9 (DIORISIS sentence 2320)

Where it came from

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