ψῡχρός, ά, όν,
cold, χάλαζα, νιφάδες, χιών, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.171, 19.358, 22.152 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψ. χαλκός (as we say 'cold steel') [[ 5.75: frequently of water, ψ. ὕδωρ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.392, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψυχρόν (without ὕδωρ) [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 263; λοῦνται ψυχρῷ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.37; ἀναγαργαρίζεσθαι ψυχρῷ “IG” 42(1).126.30 (Epid., 2nd c.AD) (but τὸ ψυχρὸν] Refs 6th c.BC+] also ={ψῦχος}, cold, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142); ψ. ὥστε λούσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.13.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: of the air, αὔρη ψ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.469; αἰθήρ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.88 (assuming variant); νύκτες 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.87; κυνὸς ψυχρὰ δύσις 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 432.11 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ψ. βίος life in the cold, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 263: especially of dead things, νέκυς (opposed to θερμὸν αἷμα) 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 622 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cold meats, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 173.4, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of a snake, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.58 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Philebus” 24b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.41. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II metaphorically,
__II.1 ineffectual, vain, ἐπικουρίη ψ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; ἐπαρθεὶς ψυχρῇ νίκῃ [prev. author] 9.49; ψ. παραγκάλισμα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 650 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θερμὴν ἐπὶ ψυχροῖσι καρδίαν ἔχεις a hot spirit in a cold business, [[[prev. work] 88. ] Refs]