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ψυχρότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ψυχρότης ψυχρότητος

Structure: ψυχροτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. coldness, cold
  2. coldness of heart, sluggishness

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τὰσ ἀκμάσ, εἴ τισ ἐπιχειροίη, τῶν ξυρῶν ἀπαμβλύνουσι δι’ ὑπερβολὴν ψυχρότητοσ. (Plutarch, Aquane an ignis sit utilior, chapter, section 9 7:1)
  • δυσκατεργαστότερα γάρ ἐστι τὰ μὲν τῷ πολὺ τὸ γεῶδεσ ἔχειν, τὰ δὲ ψυχρότητοσ ὑπερβολῇ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 16 2:2)
  • ἐρρύη δὲ πλεῖστοσ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ μέγιστοσ τότε ὁ Εὐρώτασ, χιόνων γενομένων, καὶ τὸ ῥεῦμα μᾶλλον ὑπὸ ψυχρότητοσ ἢ τραχύτητοσ ἐγένετο σκληρὸν καὶ χαλεπὸν τοῖσ Θηβαίοισ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 32 2:1)
  • εἰ δ’, ὥσπερ τὸ θερμὸν ἀλέᾳ καὶ διακρίσει τῆσ σαρκόσ, οὕτω συγκρίσει καὶ πυκνώσει τὸ ψυχρὸν αἰσθητόν ἐστι, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ ψυχρότητοσ ἰδία τισ ἔστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ πηγὴ καθάπερ θερμότητοσ. (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 4 4:1)
  • εἰ δ’ ἀπολειπτέον οὐσίαν ψυχροῦ καὶ θερμοῦ, προάγωμεν ἐπὶ τὸ ἑξῆσ τὸν λόγον, ἥτισ ἐστὶν οὐσία καὶ ἀρχὴ καὶ φύσισ ψυχρότητοσ, ζητοῦντεσ· (Plutarch, De primo frigido, chapter, section 81)

Synonyms

  1. coldness

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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