ψῦξις
εως, ἡ
A.
a cooling, chilling; χιόνος ἢ ἄλλης ψύξιος means of cooling, v.l. in Hp. VM 16.
2.
a being or becoming cold, ψ. νεηνικωτάτη ib.16; αἵματος ἐν ψύξει ὄντος Pl. Ti. 85d: pl., opp. καύσεις, Id. Tht. 156b; opp. θερμότητες, Lg. 897a, Arist. GA 777b27.
II.
= πνοή, Hsch.
III.
metaph., ψύξεις πράξεων difficulty, embarrassment, Vett.Val. 191.4, cf. 42.18; ψ. πραγμάτων Heph.Astr. 2.31.