Ψυχρὸς ἄνθρωπος

cold fellow

Translated by David Whitehead1 Jan 2006Vetting: high4 revisions

2 notes · 11 words
Meaning impassive.1
Josephus [writes]: "they returned with their hopes rather cold".2

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ψυχρὸς ἄνθρωπος· ἀντὶ τοῦ δυσκίνητος. Ἰώσηπος· ψυχρότεροι τῆς ἐλπίδος ὑπέστρεψαν.

Betacode
*yuxro\s a)/nqrwpos: a)nti\ tou= duski/nhtos. *)iw/shpos: yuxro/teroi th=s e)lpi/dos u(pe/streyan.

Notes (2)

  1. The headword phrase is evidently quoted from somewhere. For 'cold/frigid' alone cf. psi 176, psi 178.
  2. 1Likewise in Photius. ↩
  3. 2Josephus, Jewish War 6.16 (web address 1). ↩

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ψ175Ψυχρολογίαnonsenseψ176Ψυχρόςfrigidψ177Ψυχρὸς ἄνθρωποςcold fellowψ178Ψυχροῦ βίου ἀπαλλαγένταςfreed from a cold lifeω1Ὦαsheepskin; fringe, edge
Revision history4 revisions · last 27 Aug 2023
  1. tweaked link — Catharine Roth
  2. Revised — David Whitehead
  3. another x-ref — David Whitehead
  4. added link, set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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